Inclusionary Zoning

[tomh009]

Changing zoning bylaws is (kind of) zero cost at the municipal level, but it's a very long and onerous process. However, it the provincial government legislates it, it happens immediately in every municipality in the province. That's how it should be implemented (and Ford even mentioned such an ability when introducing the legislation).

And Davey did not claim that it required funding, at least not in the twitter thread linked here. (Funding would be very helpful for inclusionary zoning, though -- and the province outlawing development fees does nothing to help that.)

He claimed that anything he could do required money. So either he doesn't know he could do upzoning...or he thinks upzoning costs money. Even money on which is true....FWIW...I'm guessing that in his rush to take offense, he forgot about upzoning...FWIW...I did too until Melissa mentioned it.

Well, he said "everything on the list" required funding. And the list, from Pitter's posth ad the list as "dignified housing, protected bike lanes, public washrooms, green spaces, community hubs, and a sense of safety & joy while navigating cities."

Most of that does require funding (whether net new or shifted from somewhere else) although "dignified housing" is somewhat unclear on whether that means just "more housing" or "affordable housing" (the latter really does need financial support).