Waterloo Region YIMBY

We're pushing the cities of Waterloo Region to zone for and to facilitate more housing, particularly affordable housing. We want supply, stability, subsidies.

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

For these ideas and more, see our report on the #Kitchener2051 new Official Plan, which can plan for greater affordability, walkability and better transit compatibility https://t.co/w64vGE5rMB 3/3

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

With #Kitchener2051 the @CityKitchener has the opportunity to set the stage for a more affordable, inclusive, diverse, and equitable set of housing types. https://t.co/w64vGE5rMB 1/3

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

By embedding policies in the Official Plan that support a variety of housing types and densities, such as six-plexes, townhomes, stacked townhomes, and mid-rises across the city in all residential designations, we can be a national leader on housing reforms 2/3

[Maxwell Tabarrok @MTabarrok]

Japan has the highest rate of housing construction in the OECD and the lowest rate of housing prices in the OECD

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

@fordnation is criminalizing homeless people instead of housing them. Our statement below on the Safer Municipalities Act: https://t.co/ZoUpogEzHz

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

Check us out at BlueSky! @wryimby.bsky.social

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

We need mid-rise infill to address our housing crisis. @fordnation has failed to address this.

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

It's no wonder @FordNation has gone silent on our housing crises.

Housing starts are DOWN and the experts say it's Ontario's own knee-capping of mid-rise infill (in favour of highway sprawl) that's been making it impossible to end the housing shortage.
https://t.co/R4QUBoei4N

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

Hey folks, you can now find us over where the skies are blue! @wryimby.bsky.social

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

See our full delegation in favour of affordable housing in @cityofcambridge here: https://t.co/VHRfAJf8Zk if you agree- make your voice heard! We need to overcome NIMBY opposition to make it happen!

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

"Martin Asling, speaking on behalf of" (WR YIMBY) "praised the plan for Chalmers Street calling it not only a plan to improve affordability, but to provide opportunity for people to join and contribute to the community of their choosing." 1/2 #Cambridge
"https://t.co/UYULguw6ui

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

See our full delegation in favour of using public land to facilitate affordable housing in Cambridge here:
https://t.co/VHRfAJf8Zk

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

"Martin Asling, speaking on behalf of" (WR YIMBY) "praised the plan for Chalmers Street calling it not only a plan to improve affordability, but to provide opportunity for people to join and contribute to the community of their choosing." 1/2 #Cambridge
"https://t.co/UYULguw6ui

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

Shoutout also to Dianne Goodwin, @For_Cambridge speaking in favour of affordable housing on Grand Ridge Dr., @cityofcambridge "A four storey housing development like this is both necessary and thoughtfully placed within the neighbourhood," 2

[City of Kitchener @CityKitchener]

📣 Your opinion matters!

We’re gathering feedback on short-term rentals in Kitchener to help shape the new bylaw. Take just 8-10 minutes to share your experiences and thoughts on licensing requirements before the Dec 6 deadline.

📝 Take the survey now: https://t.co/VTQj0pQp59

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

🧵After years of promising it would end the housing shortage by delivering 1.5 million new homes by 2031, the #onpoli government was forced to admit in its fall economic statement that it's failing completely.

Housing starts are actually falling! Why?

https://t.co/R4QUBoei4N

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

@fordnation has really failed to address our housing shortage

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

🧵@FordNation blames everything from immigrants to high interest rates for the fact housing starts here are DECLINING rather than rising to meet demand.

But it's Ontario governments' OWN policies that've been making it impossible to end the shortage.

https://t.co/R4QUBoei4N

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

This report for @envirodefence is well worth reading. Lots of ideas for facilitating mid-rise apartment buildings to address our housing shortage and for environmental benefits- including zoning to allow them much more broadly as-of-right

[Phil Pothen 🇨🇦 he/him @pothen]

Why isn't #onpoli's housing supply keeping up with housing need?

New expert report commissioned by my @EnviroDefence team:

Ontario governments' restrictions on mid-rise apartment buildings have been making it impossible to end the housing shortage.🧵👇

https://t.co/Bo1SopMCQ7

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

The National Housing Day Committee invites you to NHD 2024! The theme for this year's event is Hearts Shaping Homes, spotlighting the work of direct service providers who support individuals & families to find and maintain housing. Nov 22nd. Register here. https://t.co/oeeDYFGpzU

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

"Clearing encampments with no plan for where people will go next and how they will be supported, denies, not solves, the problem." https://t.co/Ic4LwJrab1

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

"The building includes indoor and outdoor space that can host cultural events and traditional ceremonies. There’s also an accessible rooftop, an outdoor patio, and some greenspace at the back of the building where they’re planning to build a tipi and have sacred fires."

[Waterloo Region YIMBY @WRYIMBY]

"Cambridge is now home to 30 new affordable housing units for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people. New residents were welcomed in October to the Kitchener-Waterloo Urban Native Wigwam Project (KWUNWP)’s new building at 27 Cambridge Street." https://t.co/ECTf5erdc5