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Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark
And yet you chose to live in Canada vs the US. We must have something going for us...
Are there not buildings in Halifax with provisions for low-cost housing? Did I dream this? Seems to me there's a large part of a thread on this site about that very topic.
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My understanding is that to qualify for density bonusing (ie. maximum height, etc) any residential building in the HRMbD area has to offer some form of affordable housing (I think the "grandfathered" developments on Barrington are exempt). I'm not sure how "affordable" is defined in this context, but I think it means that rent has to be X% below the average rent for apartments within a certain radius of the development.
I'm not sure if this applies outside of the HRMbD area yet, but I think the intent is that eventually it will.