Sean Fraser criticizes ‘growth should pay for growth’, says regional board should look at new options to cover the costs for new infrastructure
Federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser has urged Vancouver-area civic politicians to consider other options for how to pay for new housing, saying the long-standing policy of having new developments pay for new infrastructure won’t work in this crisis environment.
“While I also appreciate that some hold the perspective that ‘growth pays for growth,’ we will all pay for stagnation as a result of a lower pace of construction,” he wrote. In letters to cities including Halifax, Hamilton, Mississauga, Calgary and Vancouver, the minister has threatened to withhold money from the new Housing Accelerator Fund program unless cities make changes.
“The letter provided more specific proposals. They’re proposals we can work with,” said Mr. Dobrovolny. District politicians had calculated that just over half of almost $12-billion in planned improvements to the water system owes to new housing and population and so development fees for that part of the region’s infrastructure should be significantly increased.
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