So. “Industry representatives” want the gov to somehow generate more business for them?
And what does this Rush Housing look like? Proper density to make a difference, or more matchstick low-boy firetraps built as poorly as possible and falling down in 20 years?
Remember when the guy left a candle burning in his apartment and people from the other SEVENTY UNITS were left homeless and bereft of everything because of the ensuing fire? That was TWO WEEKS AGO. And, knowing first-hand the generational trauma from losing absolutely everything - including all your basic needs - in a fire, maybe we should put a proper moratorium on fuckng matchstick sprawl and focus the build on properly planned, hyper-dense clusters with proper transit and zoning within and between them.
Rushing something half-assed just because some industry friends want more pork is reeeally the wrong thing to do for a non-con government.
Canada is in no danger of building too much supply too quickly. We have some of the lowest housing starts in the developed world. We build less than almost anyone. I agree that, for how little we build, quality is shockingly low, but that’s actually a symptom of low supply, not high supply. When there’s too little housing, consumers take what they can get, even if it’s terrible. Imagine the quality of food in a small town with only 1 restaurant, vs that same town with 20.
So. “Industry representatives” want the gov to somehow generate more business for them?
And what does this Rush Housing look like? Proper density to make a difference, or more matchstick low-boy firetraps built as poorly as possible and falling down in 20 years?
Remember when the guy left a candle burning in his apartment and people from the other SEVENTY UNITS were left homeless and bereft of everything because of the ensuing fire? That was TWO WEEKS AGO. And, knowing first-hand the generational trauma from losing absolutely everything - including all your basic needs - in a fire, maybe we should put a proper moratorium on fuckng matchstick sprawl and focus the build on properly planned, hyper-dense clusters with proper transit and zoning within and between them.
Rushing something half-assed just because some industry friends want more pork is reeeally the wrong thing to do for a non-con government.
Canada is in no danger of building too much supply too quickly. We have some of the lowest housing starts in the developed world. We build less than almost anyone. I agree that, for how little we build, quality is shockingly low, but that’s actually a symptom of low supply, not high supply. When there’s too little housing, consumers take what they can get, even if it’s terrible. Imagine the quality of food in a small town with only 1 restaurant, vs that same town with 20.