• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    Wait, Ontario plans to build 1.5 million homes?

    Although, the second they mentioned the 10 year period I felt that someone in the middle of the project will likely get bored and drop the entire idea.

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      They want to make 1.5 million single family homes “to attack the housing crisis”.

      The most expensive type of home.

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        Why are they so averse to the idea of taller building with flats? Single family homes aren’t going to work for so many people, I wonder just what prompts these people to try ridiculous ideas instead of what our renters need

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          Since they’re so expensive, Ford’s developer donors make more money off single-family homes than anything affordable.

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            1 year ago

            Exactly this. Doug Ford could do better, but serving the fascist donors and is more beneficial for him personally. We need to elect NDP/Liberal Premiers in this country.

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            1 year ago

            Is it feasible to expect the Canadian government to start building high density government housing in the next 15 years?

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              To expect them to without a cultural shift to make the government not drag ass? Not in your lifetime.

              Besides we haven’t paid a consultation firm several dozen million over a period of a decade to get an answer the developers want to hear.

              Rent is theft.