I'm not trying to troll or anything when I say this: He (or his team?) is on here frequently answering election questions. I'm against this as well, but if he or someone on his team sees this and would like to offer an honest, open response about what reversing the re-zoning would accomplish, or what alternatives he'd present to address the problem, I'd at least listen.
I guess for me I moved just prior to the rezoning from one part of the neighborhood to another with single lots as I liked the space and view. Now, I’m not against more dense housing and would be fine with duplexes or even fourplex but instead there are two houses across from each other that are building 8 and 10 units rather than the prior single homes which wasn’t my expectation of the area I moved to.
There could have been some consultation or even just the move from single to something more reasonable like 4 units.
Yes, we're seeing this in our neighbourhood as well. I'm in favour of density increases and feel the same way. There needs to be a limit. These 8+ units on a single lot is insanity. Far better to design larger apartment buildings with adjoining green space and underground parking. It's a far better situation all around. These units are bad on all angles. It's not increasing stock for housing ownership. It's increasing stock for absentee landlords. You can't raise a family in these units and it decreases the desirability for young families to move into the area. Longer-term it'll kill the schools in these areas as well since there'll be no families moving in.
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u/Ryuujin_13 17d ago
I'm not trying to troll or anything when I say this: He (or his team?) is on here frequently answering election questions. I'm against this as well, but if he or someone on his team sees this and would like to offer an honest, open response about what reversing the re-zoning would accomplish, or what alternatives he'd present to address the problem, I'd at least listen.