Tag: affordable housing
‘David and Goliath’ highrise battle ends, but affordability issues linger
Closing statements at an Ontario Land Tribunal hearing for a 24-storey tower in Old East Village got fiery on Thursday as lawyers sparred over the roles and responsibilities of city hall and builders in the wake of London’s deepening housing crisis.
Tribunal over Old East highrise: What, exactly, does ‘affordable’ mean?
Stephen Giustizia said he had sticky notes counting down the days until people could move into 13 affordable apartments in a trio of Old East Village highrises about a year ago.
City hall planners defend benefits that earned developer extra height, units
Two London city hall planners took the stand Tuesday at a provincial tribunal hearing, batting back claims a major developer got permission to build a taller-than-allowed tower without enough public payoff.
Old East tower plan doesn’t merit concessions from city hall, tribunal told
Exactly what constitutes a public benefit, which builders promise to provide the community in exchange for taller, or more dense, developments was at the heart of a five-day hearing that opened Monday.
ANALYSIS: What, exactly, is an ‘affordable’ apartment unit?
On paper, it’s a showdown between a London homeless shelter and a major developer.
Rising costs make building affordable housing difficult: developer
A developer who’s seeking to build 829 housing units on land across from Georgian College told city council Monday he’ll make housing there “as economical as possible” but he’s never seen construction costs soar like they continue to do. Shakir Rehmatullah, president of Flato Developments, made the comments in response to affordability concerns raised by […]
Provincial planning rules could make city’s housing affordability worse: consultant
A long-awaited tool to require affordable housing in new developments is getting a cold reception from London’s building industry and a consultant hired to study the practice, at least under existing rules. City politicians voted Monday to recommend seeking special permission from Queen’s Park to use inclusionary zoning – requiring new residential buildings to set […]
Aging non-profit affordable housing in London faces financial crunch
‘It’s really a situation that needs attention right now’
London’s first rapid-build affordable housing project nears move-in date
Tenants could begin moving in as early as this month to the first of three city-led rapid housing projects aimed at easing London’s housing crisis.