Population and Housing

[tomh009]

Current minimum lot size in Kitchener is 235m² in Kitchener. Add 20% for roads and other infrastructure, about 34ha.

34 houses/hectare? That would then require about 40 hectares (0.4 km2) per year for the single-family housing.

@Dan, I agree that the balance should shift toward low-rise and townhome (and maybe some semi-detached). But I suspect completely throttling SFH construction would be politically unpalatable. The 1:1:1 proposal I made would already create a lot of opposition.

Housing starts in 2020:

• Single-family 859
  
• Semi-detached 124
  
• Townhouse 635
  
• Apartment/condo 2,131
  

The total is 3,749, which is actually higher than the 30-year average that I guesstimated. Single-family/semi pace is about 1,000/year which more or less matches the projection (maybe 1,000/year now increasing to 1,400/year) but the apartment construction starts are way higher.

https://www.cmhc-schl.gc.ca/en/professio...cumulative