• MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why are they so averse to the idea of taller building with flats? Single family homes aren’t going to work for so many people, I wonder just what prompts these people to try ridiculous ideas instead of what our renters need

    • Ram@lemmy.ramram.ink
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      1 year ago

      Since they’re so expensive, Ford’s developer donors make more money off single-family homes than anything affordable.

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        1 year ago

        Exactly this. Doug Ford could do better, but serving the fascist donors and is more beneficial for him personally. We need to elect NDP/Liberal Premiers in this country.

      • MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Is it feasible to expect the Canadian government to start building high density government housing in the next 15 years?

        • HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org
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          To expect them to without a cultural shift to make the government not drag ass? Not in your lifetime.

          Besides we haven’t paid a consultation firm several dozen million over a period of a decade to get an answer the developers want to hear.

          Rent is theft.