Development Committee Links February 10, 2022

 Links of Interest

·       Inflation isn't the main factor driving Canada's sky-high housing costs, experts say https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/housing-inflation-conservatives-1.6335633

·       https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/politician-says-tackling-housing-crisis-and-farmland-protection-can-happen-simultaneously-4993477

·       They're called 'transit-oriented communities.' But to some GTA residents, they're a 'condo wasteland' https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/richmond-hill-markham-transit-oriented-community-development-doug-ford-1.6320951

·       https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/housing-summit-with-province-provided-chance-for-unvarnished-talk-about-problems-chair-karen-redman-1.6321600

·       Metrolinx sells public land to developer for $64.5M with no conditions for affordable housing https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/provincial-land-transit-hub-private-developer-sale-1.6330555

·       London's mayor skeptical as vacancy tax study moves forward https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/london-s-mayor-skeptical-as-vacancy-tax-study-moves-forward-1.6334004

·       Save a building, fight climate change (opinion piece) https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-climate-building-demolition-1.6325677

·       A three-building development has been proposed, by Kitchener-based Zehr Group, along Ottawa Street between King Street East and Weber Street East. https://kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/26-storey-condo-tower-residential-development-proposed-for-kitchener-4999243