kcantor
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Easy question to answer… No.
Easy question to answer… No.
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Platinum107
Senior Member
I understand the argument being made when it comes to affordability vs. design standards, I do, but here's the thing: When can have both. It's not an either or situation. If there is demand for housing, builders will build even with design restrictions. It doesn't have to be too crazy either, just mandate a) larger windows on the street facing sides of buildings and b) some higher quality finishes with larger projects.
fromyeg
Active Member
From recent ZONE IN newsletter by Situate.
Can everyone please tell their friends to not vote for Cartmell?
Him being mayor would really serve to slow development within Edmonton.
constance_chlore
Active Member
From Virginia Park and Montrose(-ish).
archited
Senior Member
Could be good; could be bad; could be Mama Bear's porridge. I'll wait for the details. If it is a plan somewhat like Dub's recently opened venture then that would be positive.
policyenthusiast
Active Member
From the looks of the house in the background, it certainly won't be a downgrade.
thommyjo
Senior Member
For the “infill doesn’t help affordability” crowd:
Here’s a brand new, 2 story townhome under 400k in a community 10mins from downtown and close to the river valley + coronation park.
This is the housing choice we need to give young people so they aren’t all forced outside the henday just to buy a non condo for under 500k. (The plethora of duplexes and townhomes of varying sizes and price ranges in the suburbs are what become many people’s first purchase into the market). The lack of this housing type centrally has hurt us. Would love to see more be sold as well vs all being PBR (I think CMHC funding makes that attractive to developers?)
Here’s a brand new, 2 story townhome under 400k in a community 10mins from downtown and close to the river valley + coronation park.
This is the housing choice we need to give young people so they aren’t all forced outside the henday just to buy a non condo for under 500k. (The plethora of duplexes and townhomes of varying sizes and price ranges in the suburbs are what become many people’s first purchase into the market). The lack of this housing type centrally has hurt us. Would love to see more be sold as well vs all being PBR (I think CMHC funding makes that attractive to developers?)
policyenthusiast
Active Member
The "no condo fees" part is interesting - and mildly confusing. Also to play devil's advocate, infill doesn't help affordability - until it does. There is such a pervasive shortage of "missing middle" housing types that the demand for homes somewhere between a mid-rise and a SF detached has artificially inflated prices of townhomes, duplexes, etc. This is just a supply and demand issue, and we will continue seeing more affordable diversified housing units for as long as our construction people can keep up.
Things might be reaching a tipping point, where the pressure on the "housing bubble" is being relieved - without popping.
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David A
Senior Member
I feel in bigger cities there is going to be more price variation based on location so in very central areas SFHs are going to be more expensive and no, the skinny houses do not seem to be that affordable.
TAS
Senior Member
These are nice infills but like many of them I've noticed, the builder is only selling them as a package, not individual units.
For someone looking to get into the market and be more central, these would be great but it appears many will only be available for investors/renting.
For someone looking to get into the market and be more central, these would be great but it appears many will only be available for investors/renting.
thommyjo
Senior Member
Yeah, that’s what I’m saying, more of these are rentals because I think they qualify for CHMC financing? So builders can more easily do this format vs SFHs for sale they can’t get cmhc support on.
But at the end of the day, a lot of these are still great rentals. 3bdrms, $2000-2200. Gives you a lot more than a lot of 3drm apartments can. And might attract/keep people more central who don’t want an apartment or “outgrow” them.
policyenthusiast
Active Member
A newspaper ad solely predicated on opposing the Zoning Bylaw.
Gronk!
Senior Member
So in other words, don't vote for any PACE candidates.
policyenthusiast
Active Member
I don't think anyone was on the fence about voting for PACE.
ChazYEG
Senior Member
That is a questionable assessment. I will never be able to get on board with this mindset that houses are intrinsically better than apartments and that given similar pricing they deliver higher value.
That said, it's still great to get lots of those built around more central neighborhoods, and these look nice.