10-11-2018, 01:13 PM
(10-11-2018, 12:32 PM)tomh009 Wrote:(10-10-2018, 10:48 PM)Spokes Wrote: Growth is the biggest issue in the Kitchener election: https://www.therecord.com/news-story/895...w-council/
Well one of the issues. But hard to disagree.
Etherington said "All we're getting is gentrification and high-cost condos adjacent to the LRT. We're not even getting much in the way of rental housing for mid-range incomes." And yet he voted down the Vive project on Queen St, which would have been mid-market rental, with a handful of affordable units.
I hope Melissa Bowman is successful in Ward 9.
Indeed. All who voted against that project cannot call themselves supporters of affordable housing.
The heritage value of the homes is near zero--the only feature they have is that they're old, the affordability value was reasonably high--the project would likely include affordable housing and itself would be a midrange development.
If they voted against it, then affordability clearly takes a second seat to even the remotest of heritage concerns.