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Originally Posted by Slava
Comments like that make me wonder if this more about spite or envy as opposed to affordable housing or helping students and recent immigrants. If that was a new block of townhouses, for example, what would they sell for? $1m each?
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Its looking long term at building a sustainable dense city. If a person can afford the SFH in the city they should pay tax on best use, pay tax on the square footage of land and the value of land should be not artifically restrained by zoning rules preventing development.
None of the zoning changes make it better for low income or housing threatened people. What they do is increase the potential supply of desirable housing which over time will have a positive affect on affordability.