Halifax lässt Plan fallen, bezahlbare Wohneinheiten in neuen Gebäuden vorzuschreiben

> The study also raised concerns the new tool could impact the rental housing market by slowing construction, and driving up market rents to accommodate for revenue lost through the affordable units, the staff report said.

Oh. Really burying the lede.

The developer has to subsidized the affordable units. So yeah it’ll either deter them or be passed on through the rents.

A bit more about the proposal here: https://pub-halifax.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=4817

It even allows for an „off-site“ thing where the builder has to build the units anywhere, not necessarily at the same location.

That’s just a tax at that point.

Can I make a crazy suggestion? The problem is that people don’t have incomes sufficient to afford market rent. Give them more income. Then they can go rent.