Key details about the Missing Middle Housing Initiative
The initiative would allow types of homes highlighted in yellow to be built without going through the rezoning process. Most of the city is currently zoned for single-family homes, and the map below shows all areas that are covered by the rezoning, though there are some properties within those areas not included in the rezoning.According to the City of Victoria, the initiative has seven policy objectives:Support car-light lifestyles, use of public transit, and walkable neighbourhoods.Support the conservation of heritage and character homes.
Source: Real Estate Daily Report (realestatedailyreport.net)
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A better more comprehensive overview by rosscrockford is here
The investment companies have bought them all. Create an increasing tax for owning 3+ homes. This double speak is ludicrous.
The MMI is basically designed to create a free-for-all for developers to build suites that will sell for $800k to $1.5M and will be heavily marketed to wealthy people from Van, Toronto, etc. Will do nothing for ppl in Vic hoping to move up or get into housing.
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