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Internal government documents reveal grim housing climate in Canada
OTTAWA — As Ottawa gears up to launch a new agency to build homes faster, internal government documents describe how dire the housing situation has become in Canada.
Briefing materials prepared for incoming Housing Minister Gregor Robertson this past May acknowledge that costly housing is hurting the economy and making it difficult for people to find places to live.
The documents say the government has fallen behind on investing in housing offered below market rates, a shortfall that is hitting newcomers and vulnerable Canadians especially hard.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/real-est...s-reveal-grim-housing-climate-in-canada/
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High rises are costly to build, so I think more focus has to be less costly multi-plexes, row houses, and townhouses. We have that zoning in Metro Vancouver, but in most cases the density isn't high enough to trigger the rapid construction of these types of homes.
For example, in Vancouver you can build a multiplex, but only up to 1 FSR. That is not enough.
The City of Burnaby has it right, where they don't have a specific density, but have parameters for lot coverage and maximum height, which amounts to an equivalent FSR of 2.0, and you can build up to 6 units. That is for one lot, which means no time consuming lot assembly.
The rest of the Metro should follow Burnaby's example.
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