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Originally Posted by Colin May
Land use has nothing to do with housing low income people and people with drug and mental health problems. The major problem is governments that continually pander to white,middle class people who are dependent on public sector employment. Governments who think the poor and ill will just fade away. My street is about to see Ocean Contractors install a bikeway. The contract was let on August 18 after the HRM council met - the contract was not on the August 17 agenda and nobody wants to talk about who authorised the expenditure. Because it is a Fed/Province/HRM deal the local MP is usually the one who makes the announcement. Somehow I doubt the Liberal MP for Dartmouth is going to hold a press conference to announce the spending of $2.3 million a few days after people were demonstrating for public funding for low income housing.
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I did not know, zero land was used in the creation of housing options for people with mental health issues or that certain zoning prohibits the placement of facilities.
You learn something new everyday.
Another hot take on it, would be that limited supply due to restrictive land-use policies, during boom-times has created a untenable situation for most renters in which inflation has outstripped wage growth in HRM. So much, as to create a homeless population so large that is spilling into the parks and common areas of the city.
All the while being downplayed by homeowners who are too worried about protecting the spike in the value of their homes (retirement funds) then tackle the supply issues facing the city.
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