Mixed-income neighbourhoods

[sabotabby]

There's certainly something to be said for projects like this one, intended to decrease the ghettoization of the poor, rebuild crumbling neighbourhoods, and promote communities.

My problem? Why is it always about building market condos in poor areas? If mixed-income was really meant to benefit poor people, they'd be building social housing in Rosedale and Yorkville. In every case I can think of where mixed-income developments happen in an existing neighbourhood, it's always about the invasion of the rich into prime real estate that someone has inconveniently built a housing project on.

I sense ulterior motives, and a very local sort of imperialism.

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[pofflewomp.livejournal.com]

We also have rules about all new build housing having to have a percentage of "affordable" housing included, but from what I hear developers get round this or make mean rules for the "affordable" tenants, such as not letting their children use the play areas provided for the owner-occupiers!

[sabotabby]

Lovely. Though here, we can't even get a percentage of new build housing set aside for affordable housing. God forbid anyone cut into the developers' profits!