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Originally Posted by chowhou
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A) Reductio ad absurdum. Too little regulation is just as problematic as too much (which we haven't even come close to arriving at yet - that's SoCal's jurisdiction).
B) Temporary housing is supposed to be temporary, but ends up permanent.
C) So you think the prefabs the province just approved aren't up to the province's code?
Interesting...
That single-stairs deregulation applies to only four apartments per floor on six-floor buildings (or shorter), and only as a trial run due to
tighter rules in other parts of the building code making it apparently safe enough. At this point in time, with the limited information we have, doing the same for a highrise would be a decent case for future charges of criminal negligence.
The more people we can house for the least energy usage, the better. BC'll need Sites D, E, F and G at the rate we're going.
The leaky condos needed years of renovations in order to stop leaking. The Sahotas were allowed to keep their roach motels for decades. The government has opted to get rid of many of their old brick/concrete buildings instead of retrofitting them. Their continued existence speaks more to their indispensability (or the legality of reappropriating them) than their "acceptable" quality or safety standards.
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