It’s also one of the relatively few areas of Toronto where detached houses, condos and lowrise apartments rub elbows. “When we look at these prime neighbourhoods now, they have a mixture of single detached houses and lowrise apartments and they have secondary suites. They say a mix of housing in those stable single-family neighbourhoods would make them more accessible to underhoused middle- and lower-income residents. ( Rene Johnston )Outspoken urban planner Sean Galbraith is among those leading the call to abolish many of the existing residential zoning restrictions. What they can’t do in most residential neighbourhoods is tear down one house and build a duplex or triplex.
Source: thestar March 16, 2019 16:02 UTC