10-20-2023, 07:12 PM
(10-20-2023, 05:11 PM)ZEBuilder Wrote: There has been no 3 bedroom units included but city staff provided an interesting data point in that 27000 of the 3+ bedroom units in the city are occupied by only 1 or 2 people. This means 44% of large units in the city have more bedrooms than people living in them.
A bad way to frame it IMO. The only concern should be if 3 bedroom units fail to sell or are unoccupied, and not about how many people are in them. If an individual or couple sharing a single bedroom want or have need for more space then I don't see the issue and there should be supply to meet that demand. Especially with the increased demand for home offices.
If we stopped calling them bedrooms and just called them "rooms" no one would bat an eye.
It would only really be a problem if people are stuck in oversized units because there is a lack of smaller units that meet their needs, but that seems unlikely.