Not exact matches
This is due, primarily, to a pronounced lack of supply of
housing stock, particularly for low -
density,
single -
family detached homes.
In recent years there has been increasing pressure to replace the
single -
family housing with higher
density residential development which is permitted by the existing multifamily zoning in this area.
The
density isn't spread around but is spiky, avoiding the established and protected
single family houses.
In fact, adding
density to the existing, sprawled out
single family housing infrastructure is probably the greatest promise for tiny
houses movement.
In place of the suburb, it wants Soviet - style high
density housing; changes in zoning laws that increasingly make it impossible to maintain
single family residences (let alone build new ones); mandated use of public transportation (thus positioning the high
density housing near railroad or bus depots and excluding from those «human residential zones» most roadways and parking installations); and severe limitations on private food, water, and energy consumption, in return for enormously high taxes that will fund «cradle to grave» care by the nanny government.
Let's stop this fantasy that building
density and height are by their nature green; This stuff is some of the least dense
housing that has ever been built in the city, inefficient tiny floor plates with
single family floor plans costing tens of millions of dollars.
Urbanism represents a return to the way neighborhoods grew before development shifted from towns and cities to auto - oriented suburbs, where conventional codes typically separate various land uses and
housing types —
single -
family, multi-
family, retail, office — and maintain low
density.
As municipalities across Canada move more towards increasing
housing density on land once zoned for
single -
family homes, real estate agents are being challenged with a barrage of conditions related to secondary living quarters.
Jade Rahmani and Ryan Tomasello, analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, commented that coupling Invitation Homes» «local
density and boots on the ground» with Starwood Waypoint's emphasis on technology should help create a «leading, sustainable residential rental platform that over the long term has growth potential within both the
single -
family rental and broader residential
housing markets.»
There is usually a gap in the range of
housing types that a city or county's zoning districts allow, and more importantly encourage, in particular when the zones shift from upper (smaller lot)
single -
family zones that only allow
single -
family detached uses / homes and the lower end of medium
density / multifamily zones that usually allow much bigger buildings (taller and wider) and also typically encourage lot aggregation and suburban garden apartment - type buildings.