We don't call them cobra chickens for no reason.

The CPC has stooped to making bad low budget 'devil Carney and hell fire' commercials. Are they afraid or just nuts?

In what world do homeowners or planning departments prescribe micro units? These are simply most profitable for developers & are successful in areas that have high demands for temporary housing. E.g. students. In our neighbourhood, getting multiple beds in a project gets resistance from developers.

It won't make housing cheaper. There are too many variables outside of simply adding more luxury housing. People, old & young should have a right to housing & to connected safe neighborhoods. 60s downtown urban renewal was about high density,the planning religion of the day. It didn't age well.

Yeah, I remember when I, too, knew everything and had a lot of dismissive arrogance.

It doesn't seem to make sense but it's not a simple supply and demand issue. There are multiple factors involved similar to the trickle down, another mythology.

I'm interested in Canadian data because rent is not going down here. There are large investment corporations controlling prices. Our tax system rewards undeveloped land. The housing built is luxury or mid range high rises or skinnies and that is primarily in what used to be mixed income areas.

Where exactly have rents decreased?

Good in theory but it doesn't work well in real situations. There are many barriers to affordability incl large scale land investors, cost of upzoned land, tax systems, and wage disparity. Older houses are more often demolished in developing neighbourhoods.

You have no clue. Closed minded and rude.

Where did they do their study?

Residents aren't refusing housing. They are justifiably concerned about how they will be affected by some types of dense infill, much of it more expensive than their own homes. No developer is building affordable housing. Be wary of silver bullet housing solutions.

Suburbs in my city are less expensive than many desirable heritage central neighbourhoods. The central communities with social problems have vacant land that developers ignore. At no time in our history has the market provided housing for lower mid, low or no income housing.

The problem in central neighbourhoods that have become desirable is that affordable older stock has been demolished. New developments are double the price or micro units. Working class & families are in the suburbs. The poor are on the streets surrounding but not inside the high rises.

That's a reach. Having worked on numerous homeless studies and committees, there has never been evidence that new high rises will end homelessness.

Respecting the people who are already committed and have built a community is how you create safe and connected communities. You are making assumptions and demonizing people who will be left with the results and more than anyone, deserve involvement.

The point is that there are considerations in building successful communities that require input and the needs of the existing and future community. Not all infill or types of density create livability that is affordable, social, or environmental.

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