I support legalizing 4plexes, 6plexes (& rental!)

Right now 800+ detached homes/year get demolished & replaced by new single-detached homes.

“Making HOME” won’t fix housing (we need a lot more non-market housing) but zoning for mansions is .

So I will support the idea AND

There needs to be a clear & transparent system for directing a potion of the land lift into affordable units.

(Land Value Capture would bebut for now inclusionary zoning and/or fixed CAC directed toward affordable housing are better than nothing) 2/ https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/christine-boyle-and-brandon-yan-a-land-value-capture-tax-allows-us-to-dream-big

It should be simple enough for families/groups of friends to do it, not just developers. An open-source template would be! Also: allow a large laneway duplex/triplex along with stratifying the existing house, to reduce demolitions & allow owners to stay in place. 3/

We should increase height allowance and FSR to allow for fully accessible ground floor units, and to reduce the embodied emissions & cost of digging deep basements. 4/ https://twitter.com/Lanefab/status/1187051278163005440?s=20

We should explore what role the community housing sector could play in managing affordable units in each building. The public needs to trust that these “below-market” units will be affordable in perpetuity.
h/t @BCNPHA @chfbc @CLTrust 5/

More details on "Making HOME" are here: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/09/25/Seattle-Think-Tank-Mayor-House-Proposal/. And, as always, I welcome your (thoughtful and solutions-oriented) ideas for how this proposal could work and/or be improved. 6/

The market isn’t going to solve the #housingcrisis. We need an ambitious build out of public & non-market housing, funded by every level of gov't. That remains my focus.

For now: 6plexes with affordable units > new luxury single-detached homes
https://twitter.com/christineeboyle/status/1305379101709008897?s=20 #vanpoli