We need MORE housing options, not less. Thankfully the Beasley Association isn't filled with NIMBY hillbillies like Durand. Anyone who opposes high-rise housing can't ever utter a word about housing affordability or options.
Starting condos can readily be found in the middle of Canada's biggest and most prosperous city at cheaper prices than a lower quality unit in a building with fewer amenities, in HAMILTON. As much as we all love this city, let's be honest, downtown TO is one of the most booming downtowns in N. America and should be priced accordingly.
Units starting at 300k -
https://condonow.com/Local-at-Fort-York
Units starting at 250k -
https://condonow.com/7-On-The-Park-Condos
How about Mississauga in a new condo community starting in the mid-200's
https://condonow.com/The-Wesley-Tower
I know people in Hamilton paying base prices of 450k for lame little units in buildings with no gym, no pool, still need a car etc.....
Brad Lamb is proposing to start the prices in the 200's at the CHCH site and I suspect this new build on Rebecca will also offer some cheaper starter units.
The people criticizing 'condos' should have made themselves useful sometime in the last 5 decades when all we did was build expensive McMansions across the country-side.
Condos ARE the solution to our housing affordability problems, not the cause of them.
Highrise condos allow the costs to be spread over more units.