West Harbour - No Ghetto Hamilton
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- This is a primer for those who want to understand the location of the City of Hamilton owned lands in the West Harbour that are being considered for sale, as well as the City's plans related to private development versus inclusionary housing for those in need of affordable housing. We run the risk of perpetuating a discredited and failed model of ghettoization of affordable housing residents. Some of the photographs were provided by photographer Alex Zafer.
Excellent video. Great graphics and pointers. When the city revealed the plan for Pier 8 (the 9 blocks or buildings), I was hoping for a mix of low and mid-rise buildings to create multiple elevation. It appears the current plan has approved low-rise mixed-use buildings as per artist rendition drawings (I would imagine 3-5 storeys tall?). This creates a very boring skyline with all buildings with similar height--reminds me of cookie cutter low-rise apartment buildings in GTA subdivisions. Why can't we have 2-3 buildings that are 20-30 storey tall so that more investors/homeowners can enjoy the beautiful West Harbour view? If they are worried about too much intensification, then we could mix in podium level townhomes that families can actually see themselves raising a family. Whole bunch of one-bedroom and two-bedroom low-rise condos do not promote a family-oriented living space.
I believe we need to have a change in Provincial legislation that allows municipalities to offer incentives to developers to include low income housing mixed into neighbourhoods. My understanding is that current ant-bonusing legislation precludes those kinds of incentives.
Ghettoisation of the poor is wrong for a number of reasons,. It helps perpetuate systemic and inter-generational poverty. The really sad part about this is, that the research on better outcomes with mixed use residential development is clear.
+Marvin Caplan Agree completely. Inclusionary zoning is, indeed, a provincial matter. That's why we're calling it inclusionary housing versus inclusionary zoning. The city-owned status of the West Harbour lands does not require changes to provincial legislation as the City is in control of what it does with its own lands. It can set out the conditions of sale as it sees fit.
I was so excited when I saw this and immediately wondered what would be happening next and what we could look forward to in terms of planning and process. Are there any updates?
Excellent video and very informative. I would be interested to see updates to the situation in the months to come. Just out of curiosity, the developers of the projects mentioned in the video, are they local or international developers looking to invest?
Excellent video and very informative. I would be interested to see updates to the situation in the months to come. Just out of curiosity, the developers of the projects mentioned in the video, are they local or international developers looking to invest?
Brilliant