Oliver Tweed
Active Member
I have to admit, I also get a little annoyed when I see subsidized housing that's nicer than mine. I think it's natural to feel that way.
TCHC just says, there's no available housing.
Although honestly, having seen the massive TCHC highrise in High Park, having a massive 43 floor highrise with TCHC people is a bad idea. It's not as well maintained as even the cheapest (to rent) highrises in my 'hood.
In Canada, there are limitations on the kind of decision making that can be shared through a democratic process. For example, a neighbour cannot intervene on a real estate transaction or interview potential tenants at a neighbouring property. Residents do not have the right to choose or limit who lives in their neighbourhood. This is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Since the early 1980s, the planning for this site included plans for affordable housing. This was incorporated in a 1994 by-law for this site, which included specific directives about what would be built on this site, including schools, community centre, and affordable housing.
In 1994, all of the sites were zoned as low-rise perimeter block buildings. Since that time, Concord Adex, which has developed most of the Railway Lands, has rezoned their sites and built tall and thin point towers set out in urban design guidelines that TCHC is now following for Block 31. Block 31 is the only site that has not been rezoned in the Railway Lands West. The proposed development would constitute a 12% increase in density over the existing zoning on the site.
1) It's so Rotterdam... I love it.
2) The way it deals with the curve in the road is brilliant.
This is one shmexy piece of modernism. I am absolutely in love with this design.
In the development proposed by TCHC for this site all of the units would be affordable rental units.
Rents would be set at about 80% of average rental rates for the City of Toronto, as determined as the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). All of the units are being planned as “market
rental units,” there will be no rent-geared-to-income units planned in this building. This means that in order to qualify for a lease in these units, future residents would need to have an annual income in the
range of $35,000 to $65,000