Another government land sell-off that will likely come with a 0% affordable housing requirement or any other tangible/significant community benefit.
Another government land sell-off that will likely come with a 0% affordable housing requirement or any other tangible/significant community benefit.
The degree to which the Conservative party is actively perpetuating the housing problems in this province never ceases to amaze.
I'm just saying it's easy to shit on the conservatives but in reality no party in charge could or would fix the situation. We certainly need to build more affordable housing but it's Toronto. The city will never be affordable to everyone. Do you expect New York or San Francisco to ever become affordable?^Well then, I suppose the solution is to build no affordable housing anywhere, because according to that methodology what's the point right?
^It's easy to dump on them, because they do the exact reverse of everything that's needed to make housing affordable and with their policies they are making the problem magnitudes worse. This isnt just a problem of them doing nothing (because they aren't), it's also problem of them knowingly literally making things even more unaffordable and putting on face like they care.I'm just saying it's easy to shit on the conservatives but in reality no party in charge could or would fix the situation. We certainly need to build more affordable housing but it's Toronto. The city will never be affordable to everyone. Do you expect New York or San Francisco to ever become affordable?
You have the right to speculate, but if you click into the link on the page:^It's easy to dump on them, because they do the exact reverse of everything that's needed to make housing affordable and with their policies they are making the problem magnitudes worse. This isnt just a problem of them doing nothing (because they aren't), it's also problem of them knowingly literally making things even more unaffordable and putting on face like they care.
Look at all the TOC's released today for instance and I guarantee you that not one of them will require an affordable housing component. Count the number of sites that Metrolinx/IO are looking to develop and dispose of and not one of them have had this requirement since Ford's government took office.
All it takes is for them to add in a couple lines requiring affordable housing being a component of any land acquisition, it doesn't cost the provincial government a cent to do. But because they dont care about the issue and would rather line the pockets of developers, they actively choose not to. That's hundreds of affordable units being pissed away because the Ford government doesn't feel like addressing the issue when they can.
As with anything with any government (especially the Ford government) dont believe any blanket statement like this until pen is signed to paper, and contracts are formally signed.You have the right to speculate, but if you click into the link on the page:
"The Thorncliffe Park site consists of three sites which have been designated for TOC use. These sites will be developed in line with the stated objectives of the TOC program."
under "Transit-Oriented Communities Program", it mentions "affordable housing".
I'm just saying it's easy to shit on the conservatives but in reality no party in charge could or would fix the situation. We certainly need to build more affordable housing but it's Toronto. The city will never be affordable to everyone. Do you expect New York or San Francisco to ever become affordable?