Housing is one of the main issues on the municipal campaign trail as candidates share their visions for the future of the city, with the character of Ottawa's neighbourhoods clashing with the need to build more homes.
Housing is one of the main issues on the municipal campaign trail as candidates share their visions for the future of the city.
The character of neighbourhoods, however, is a perennial discussion, with residents in neighbourhoods dominated by single-family homes—known as “R1 zoning”—sometimes expressing opposition to intensification nearby.“ is really restrictive in terms of what we can do, in terms of the type of housing and the density that we can have in the existing city,” says Jason Burggraaf, the executive director of the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association.
That R1 zoning was brought up on the campaign trail Monday when mayoral candidate Bob Chiarelli vowed to protect neighbourhoods, arguing, “Unlike my opponent to the left, I do not support killing off Ottawa’s single-family neighbourhoods.”
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