We're pushing the cities of Waterloo Region to zone for and to facilitate more housing, particularly affordable housing. We want supply, stability, subsidies.
Kitchener, ON
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With #Kitchener2051 the @CityKitchener has the opportunity to set the stage for a more affordable, inclusive, diverse, and equitable set of housing types. wryimby.com/projects 1/3
By embedding policies in the Official Plan that support a variety of housing types and densities, such as six-plexes, townhomes, stacked townhomes, and mid-rises across the city in all residential designations, we can be a national leader on housing reforms 2/3
For these ideas and more, see our report on the #Kitchener2051 new Official Plan, which can plan for greater affordability, walkability and better transit compatibility wryimby.com/projects 3/3
Waterloo Region YIMBY retweeted
Japan has the highest rate of housing construction in the OECD and the lowest rate of housing prices in the OECD
We need mid-rise infill to address our housing crisis. @fordnation has failed to address this.
It's no wonder @FordNation has gone silent on our housing crises.
Housing starts are DOWN and the experts say it's Ontario's own knee-capping of mid-rise infill (in favour of highway sprawl) that's been making it impossible to end the housing shortage.
environmentaldefence.ca/repo…
Hey folks, you can now find us over where the skies are blue! @wryimby.bsky.social
See our full delegation in favour of affordable housing in @cityofcambridge here: wryimby.com/s/WR-YIMBY-deleg… if you agree- make your voice heard! We need to overcome NIMBY opposition to make it happen!
"Martin Asling, speaking on behalf of" (WR YIMBY) "praised the plan for Chalmers Street calling it not only a plan to improve affordability, but to provide opportunity for people to join and contribute to the community of their choosing." 1/2 #Cambridge
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"Martin Asling, speaking on behalf of" (WR YIMBY) "praised the plan for Chalmers Street calling it not only a plan to improve affordability, but to provide opportunity for people to join and contribute to the community of their choosing." 1/2 #Cambridge
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Shoutout also to Dianne Goodwin, @For_Cambridge speaking in favour of affordable housing on Grand Ridge Dr., @cityofcambridge "A four storey housing development like this is both necessary and thoughtfully placed within the neighbourhood," 2
See our full delegation in favour of using public land to facilitate affordable housing in Cambridge here:
wryimby.com/s/WR-YIMBY-deleg…
Waterloo Region YIMBY retweeted
📣 Your opinion matters!
We’re gathering feedback on short-term rentals in Kitchener to help shape the new bylaw. Take just 8-10 minutes to share your experiences and thoughts on licensing requirements before the Dec 6 deadline.
📝 Take the survey now: bit.ly/3AySqYu
Waterloo Region YIMBY retweeted
🧵After years of promising it would end the housing shortage by delivering 1.5 million new homes by 2031, the #onpoli government was forced to admit in its fall economic statement that it's failing completely.
Housing starts are actually falling! Why?
environmentaldefence.ca/repo…
ALT Graph showing that housing starts have actually gone down after government's shift away from density to sprawl, and under current policies will remain at around 87k per year, which is HALF of the 175k homes per year the government promised its policies would produce.
This report for @envirodefence is well worth reading. Lots of ideas for facilitating mid-rise apartment buildings to address our housing shortage and for environmental benefits- including zoning to allow them much more broadly as-of-right
Why isn't #onpoli's housing supply keeping up with housing need?
New expert report commissioned by my @EnviroDefence team:
Ontario governments' restrictions on mid-rise apartment buildings have been making it impossible to end the housing shortage.🧵👇
environmentaldefence.ca/2024…
ALT Architectural rendering showing six story mid-rise buildings integrated into currently low-rise residential neighborhoods, mingling pleasantly cheek by jowl with detached houses and townhomes, residential major streets, as well as on avenues.
The National Housing Day Committee invites you to NHD 2024! The theme for this year's event is Hearts Shaping Homes, spotlighting the work of direct service providers who support individuals & families to find and maintain housing. Nov 22nd. Register here. eventbrite.com/e/national-ho…
"Clearing encampments with no plan for where people will go next and how they will be supported, denies, not solves, the problem." thestar.com/opinion/contribu…
"Cambridge is now home to 30 new affordable housing units for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. New residents were welcomed in October to the Kitchener-Waterloo Urban Native Wigwam Project (KWUNWP)’s new building at 27 Cambridge Street." aroundtheregion.ca/indigenou…
Waterloo Region YIMBY retweeted
No minced words here.
@Gabe_Blanc is spot on.
Doug Ford doesn't understand cities: my letter to the editor in the @TorontoStar.
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"The median asking monthly rent for all properties (studio to 3-bdrm) across Canada in Aug/24 was $2,201, requiring an annual household income of $87,200 to be considered affordable. The median before-tax household income based on 2021 census was $84,000." irpp.org/wp-content/uploads/…
"As for homeownership, the situation is even worse. Households need an annual income of over $200,000 to afford to buy a house in Vancouver and Toronto, and there is no major city in Canada where the area median-income renter household can afford to move into homeownership."