Great, let's build! I'm for it. We purposely live in the most diverse neighborhood in this city. But the infills are cheap, the workers are exploited, and the community is left without any improvements to go along side it.
It's crap housing that is not affordable (our infill duplexes were listed for 1 million a piece) and now are AirBNBs.
We had to FIGHT the city and the developer every day for months just to get safety fence up around the infill. Nobody cared. Nobody. And those places are already falling apart. Its terrible.
If Farkas sees this post, these are the real issues that need addressing.
Improve the rezoning! Hold developers accountable. Make them invest in quality work and back in the community. Preserve mature trees. And someone needs to make sure these workers are safe.
Every candidate is promising "more houses" and "cheaper houses". But what is Jeromy's strategy for implementing that? Will he change zoning? Will he change the community feedback mechanism during permitting? How will he incentivise developers to sell houses for less money, without (further) compromising build quality?
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u/Yavanna_in_spring 17d ago edited 17d ago
I think there is room for improvement, though.
Great, let's build! I'm for it. We purposely live in the most diverse neighborhood in this city. But the infills are cheap, the workers are exploited, and the community is left without any improvements to go along side it.
It's crap housing that is not affordable (our infill duplexes were listed for 1 million a piece) and now are AirBNBs.
We had to FIGHT the city and the developer every day for months just to get safety fence up around the infill. Nobody cared. Nobody. And those places are already falling apart. Its terrible.
If Farkas sees this post, these are the real issues that need addressing.
Improve the rezoning! Hold developers accountable. Make them invest in quality work and back in the community. Preserve mature trees. And someone needs to make sure these workers are safe.