Tag: Housing
With too few homes now, where will VW workers live?
With too few homes now for buyers in London and region and available ones priced out of reach for many, a massive new automotive manufacturing plant in St. Thomas may make an already stressed housing market even more expensive, said a city housing advocate.
Bruce County must help builders develop more affordable homes: warden
Bruce County Warden Chris Peabody has some ideas of how to tackle the lack of housing that people can afford. A recent study of the housing affordability and supply gap in Bruce County uses census numbers to illustrate the widely known problem residents and county policymakers are facing. “Housing in Bruce County, particularly along the […]
Blue Mountains mayor questions planner about affordable housing
Some discussion of affordable housing in Blue Mountains arose during routine draft plan approval of a subdivision there. Councillors endorsed a staff recommendation to approve a draft plan of subdivision with conditions for 22 detached homes on a cul-de-sac, a development referred to as Long Point Road in the northeast part of Blue Mountains. The […]
Finally, Londoner’s tiny, perfect new house goes up – way up
Stephanie Clements finally has her own home. Getting there was an unorthodox, two-year journey that ended with a crane hefting her 5.5-tonne house over her family’s Westmount bungalow and into the backyard Friday. She can’t wait to move into her 240-square-foot tiny house, now set up at the back of her parents’ lot, after final […]
Huge ‘attainable’ housing project planned for Markdale
A 469-lot “attainable” housing subdivision proposed for Markdale cleared a hurdle at Grey County council Thursday and discussion revealed one developer’s approach to try to keep prices down. Council endorsed an official plan amendment recommended by planning staff which brings a roughly 5.3-hectare strip of “rural” designated land just north of Markdale within the its […]