Zoning Reform Ideas

[evandyk]

I don't think people are very happy with the current range of typologies on offer. Given the limited number of SFHs in the region (basically fixed at this point), the remaining options are small condos and rental apartments. Quite aside from the problem of affordability, I think many are looking for more options in terms of housing typologies.

I think the changes to allow laneway/garden houses and multiplexes will generate a bunch of new ideas that are more family friendly than the condos/rentals being built in highrises. We're currently living in one that wouldn't have been possible a few years ago - an arrangement we could never afford by buying a house, but is rare to find in a condo/apartment. But the numbers will never really be there relying only on those.