[article] Opinion: Making housing more affordable means your home’s value is going to have to come down (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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Ottawa recently announced they’re considering removing their mandatory parking minimums. For context, parking minimums are extremely arbitrary, based on pseudoscience, and are a key barrier to housing development.
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I’ve seen this in Canada waaaay too much. Instead of rightfully directing their anger at screwed-up land use restrictions and a draconian zoning code, people who are normally pro-immigration are rapidly turning anti-immigrant because of the housing crisis.
New analysis from RMI finds that by encouraging better-located, less car-dependent communities, we can solve the nationwide housing shortage while dramatically cutting pollution.
For reference, Pointe-Claire is right next to a new automated light metro station, so blocking housing there is doubly harmful, as it sabotages the potential ridership of a brand new rapid transit system.
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Housing affordability drives supercommuting
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In urbanist and YIMBY circles, we often talk a lot about missing middle housing, but this is actually a very broad category. This video gives more in-depth information about the kinds of missing middle housing and how prevalent they are in the five biggest Canadian cities.