Tag: Housing
New 35-storey highrise backed as Hilton drops plans for residential units
A proposed 35-storey highrise on a DoubleTree by Hilton parking lot in downtown London is a double dose of good news for the city’s core. The 435 units will bring more housing downtown and will also keep the hotel from converting rooms to rental units. “This is an incredibly important development. We talk about infill […]
Proposed new rules would allow Ontario cities to expand faster for housing
Ontario introduced measures Thursday that would allow for more housing to be built beyond urban boundaries and in rural areas as projections suggest its target of building 1.5 million homes by 2031 is falling out of reach. The Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act would allow municipalities to expand their settlement boundaries more quickly and easily. […]
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 […]