There are no guarantees that providing Missing Middle developments will deliver affordability. In fact, with our chronic low average household incomes in Metro, without mandating inclusionary incentives into new zoning for middle and low income housing units, the Missing Middle may actually exacerbate unaffordability as higher-priced new development replaces older less expensive housing stock.
This submission poses a scenario where a homeowner or family trust can significantly increase the density on a 33- foot lot, if two of the six new units created are guaranteed to remain low-income rental [at welfare shelter rates], by means of a Housing Agreement with the municipality. The form of development, not coincidentally, looks a lot like that of older rooming houses in dense inner-city neighbourhoods. The density is relatively high, but livability and streetscape and public realm values are maintained. With the "Mixing Middle" scenario, the prospect of delivering mixed income communities is entirely possible.
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