We advocate for policies that will build more homes in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Follow us on Substack for HRM housing updates.
Halifax, Nova Scotia 🇨🇦
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We should push for:
1. Freer zoning so more housing can be built
2. Remove spacing requirements
3. Remove height requirements
4. Remove lot size requirements
5. Remove parking minimums
6. Remove developer fees
7. Subsidize non-market builders
8. Tax land instead of property
On Monday, June 22nd, at 6pm at City Hall, the city will be debating if an 8 story, 30 unit dwelling should be allowed to be built in a housing crisis: brnw.ch/21x3dku
Please show up if you can and support more housing in our city. Thank you so much.
Please take some time to fill out the centre plan survey. engagehalifax.ca/centre-plan…
More Homes Halifax 🏘️ retweeted
Nova Scotia is doubling up Ontario on housing starts per capital right now
They did nothing wrong.
Oops, we built two extra storeys: Dartmouth developer says extra floors were 'a misunderstanding'
saltwire.com/nova-scotia/hal…
Make sure to fill out the city’s online questionnaire on the upcoming Suburban Plan: engagehalifax.ca/suburban-pl…
We need more voices for affordable and abundant housing, and every voice matters.
More Homes Halifax 🏘️ retweeted
This is the correct policy btw
Ottawa slashes Toronto’s housing funding by $10 million for failing to permit city-wide sixplexes cp24.com/politics/toronto-ci…
Various open-houses regarding Halifax's Suburban Plan are happening this month. You can find all the times and locations below!
Please make your voice heard so necessary housing policy can be brought forward to our politicians wherever possible engagehalifax.ca/suburban-pl…
Do planners understand the housing crisis?
In this article, we attempt to answer that question.
Link: open.substack.com/pub/moreho…
More Homes Halifax 🏘️ retweeted
Canadian housing permits jumped 15% in data released today, hitting the 4th-highest level in modern history as multifamily permits hit the 3rd-highest ever
Canada is now on track to allow roughly 300k housing units this year
🏙️ BIMBY Night is back!
Join us for a casual YIMBY meetup this Wednesday at 7 PM at The Pint. We'll have good vibes, policy talk, and maybe a few pints too 🍻
There’s an assumption that housing affordability and homeownership are at odds.
Here, we challenge those assumptions and explain how good housing policy benefits everyone.
Link: morehomeshrm.substack.com/p/…
More Homes Halifax is now on Bluesky!
You can now follow us @ morehomeshrm.bsky.social
We will still be active on here as well 😉
More Homes Halifax 🏘️ retweeted
Genuinely the most enraging thing about housing discourse is how people talk about 'affordability' like it's some sort of innate quality, like the building needs to be made out of affordium.
Housing. is. affordable. when. housing. is. abundant.
Supply and demand are real.
"No matter how many houses you build, if they are not affordable, then you will not solve the housing crisis."
@ZackPolanski at our @TWT_NOW panel on why we need to take on the profiteers and the corporate giants to win homes for people.
