/dcn/news/associations/2024/10/the-math-doesnt-make-sense-a-rental-housing-development-struggle Canada's construction news Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:15 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9.3 /dcn/news/associations/2024/10/the-math-doesnt-make-sense-a-rental-housing-development-struggle#comment-100717 Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:15 +0000 /?p=405874#comment-100717 I am a long time City and Planning Consultant working mostly in the Region of Waterloo. No one cares about the cost of housing. If they did they would stop raising all the fees ,HST , Dev.Charges taxes,etc etc.
Maybe we can live with less services, my job is dealing with red tape and lots of staff that don’t care if it takes 5 to 10 years to approve projects. Ford has no clue what it takes to bring land on stream and get final approvals.
Just finished a small infill project for 20 units.
Archaeological assessment for review of half of lot was close to $50,000. Found more broken dishes. Who really cares,not the future home owner.

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