Inclusive zoning: Vancouver’s done it, can Toronto be next?

Last week, amid the shouting and crying that marked the dying days of the provincial election campaign, Toronto’s city council did a good thing. It approved 80 units of affordable housing set aside for artists in a new 15-story condo development planned for the East Bayfront community. This decision is in line with the in-development neighbourhood’s zoning plan, which mandates that 20 per cent of new housing should be affordable. The deal—between the city, the private non-profit Artscape, and the condo developers—is the kind we desperately need in Toronto, where housing affordability is a serious crisis for many and the waiting list for subsidized units is approaching 100,000 families.

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Here’s how not to do inclusive zoning. Zoning, yes. Inclusive, no: HERE