[homeles_ot-l] Inclusionary rules could turn new homes into affordable homes - FW: WI backgrounder

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne

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From: hhno-on-owner at povnet.org [mailto:hhno-on-owner at povnet.org] On Behalf
Of Michael Shapcott
Sent: March 8, 2010 3:39 PM
To: Michael Shapcott
Subject: [hhno-on] WI backgrounder: Inclusionary rules could turn new homes
into affordable homes

 

Statistics Canada says that 196,700
<http://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/corp/nero/nere/2010/2010-03-08-0815.cfm>  new
homes will start construction this year (using the seasonally-adjusted
annual rate for February, 2010). If Canadian provinces and municipalities
were to adopt US-style inclusionary housing practices, that could translate
into 30,000+ new affordable homes across the country (using a modest, 15%
affordable housing requirement). While a growing number of Canadian
municipalities are looking at a variety of planning and zoning techniques to
encourage affordable homes to be mixed into new housing developments, Canada
hasn't yet followed the lead of hundreds of US cities and adopted mandatory
rules that set a uniform standard for affordable housing in all new
developments. The Wellesley Institute has launched an inclusionary
<http://inclusionaryhousing.ca/>  housing micro-site with a number of our
partners that includes research and policy materials on inclusionary housing
practices in Canada and case studies from the United States.

 

-          Michael

 

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Michael Shapcott | Director, Affordable Housing and Social Innovation |
Wellesley Institute 

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Toronto, ON, Canada,  M4Y 1S2           Mobile: 416.605.8316  
E-mail:   michael at wellesleyinstitute.com

 

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