Ontario will den Bau von Häusern auf kleineren Grundstücken ermöglichen

I’m willing to give the benefit of the doubt to folks until I read something like this:

>Toronto city councillor Stephen Holyday said he was still assessing the impact the changes could have on suburban areas like his Etobicoke constituency, but was clear on the likely political reaction. “The loosening of standards in existing detached neighbourhoods is generally not supported by residents, as demonstrated with other initiatives, making this change important to monitor closely,” he said.

and I’m reminded why building more homes, more densely is so important.

“On Monday, a newly tabled bill proposes to give the province the power to impose a single standard for minimum lot sizes that would be lower than is typical in most urban areas.”

This is actually a much bigger deal than many people might think. If you’ve ever driven by an old wartime “Strawberry Box” starter home and wondered “why can’t we build those anymore?” It’s because of lot sizes that cities use. Developers are predicable, they’ll build whatever makes them the most money. Creatures of habit. So if the cities keep using larger lots, then they’ll use as much space as possible on the lots that they have; this is why so many new suburbs homes are so big.

I for one think this is a great idea.