01-07-2024, 10:58 PM
(01-07-2024, 09:25 PM)jeffster Wrote:(01-05-2024, 07:56 PM)tomh009 Wrote: The region's argument is that they have approved well more than the goal, but the developers have deferred the starts, whether due to financing, interest rates, subcontractor availability or something else. And they do have a point: they can control approvals, but not the actual starts.
Oddly, though, other cities aren't having the same issue. This tells me it's a problem with the region and the cities within. So many councillors in the city halls bend over backwards to NIMBY's and in general, a lot of red tap and very slow approvals, make it ripe for developers not bending over backwards themselves to get things going here.
We need a change: the mayors are not doing enough, and the chairwoman for the region is very unhelpful.
Those approvals have made it past the council, the mayors and the NIMBY opposition, though, so they should be able to start.
Some cities have met the targets, others have not. Our region is not the only one that has not.