(City of Victoria - image credit)Mayors and councils are reacting to proposed housing legislation that would allow increased density in all communities — and some say they'll need significant financial support for infrastructure to make it work. The proposed legislation is designed to get more secondary suites, duplexes, and other multi-unit housing built on lots traditionally restricted to single-family homes. But some community leaders say it will be expensive to build the water and sewage systems, roads, and other infrastructure needed to support such density. Infrastructure need can't be an excuse: ministerHousing Minister Ravi Kahlon said the province has, and will, continue to support infrastructure projects, and to lobby the federal government for infrastructure spending, but that municipalities have to do more to get housing built now. He agreed more infrastructure is needed, but said it must happen at the same time as housing.

Source: CBC News November 06, 2023 00:05 UTC