City Hall Watcher
City Hall Watcher
October 1, 2021Oct 4, 2021, 03:21 p.m.

Some of the questions from councillors to staff on the rooming house item have been hard to comprehend. Some advancing the idea that legalized rooming houses will result in an overall reduction in the amount of housing in the city, making more homeless. https://x.com/dmrider/status/1445106090866323463

David Rider@dmrider

Clr Pasternak posits, without source, that legalizing & regulating rooming houses will cause owners illegal rooming houses to kick out residents and close them down. City staff say no, legalizing them and imposing rules to protect tenants is a pillar of providing safe housing

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