I see people discuss housing policy on here quite a bit, and felt like sharing this survey, but couldn't find a thread it fit well into, in addition to other housing policy initiatives in general.
Here is our chance to comment on housing policy in Hamilton with regard to density, and SDUs (or more):
https://engage.hamilton.ca/residentialzoningproject
I also wanted to share that I find the second dwelling unit policy to be a bit soft of a solution. It really just makes it a bit easier to create second dwelling units, but doesn't tackle housing policy issues and the housing crisis to the degree that I think older parts of the city should take on. Toronto for example has old Victorian neighbourhoods filled with multi-unit buildings, both purpose built and renovated houses, and I think that making this easier would allow for a housing shortage to be met, because turning your existing house into a triplex or quadplex or tearing something crappy down and making a 5 or 6 unit building from scratch would be cheaper and easier and would lead to more investors doing so. Take a look at what Portland is doing if you're interested:
https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/08/28/Portland-Showed-Vancouver-Fix-Housing-Crisis/
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