UBC economist Tom Davidoff was interviewed for a CTV News story on housing affordability.
Some two-thirds of the City of Vancouver is zoned for a home, including a basement suite and a coach house. The city has also allowed more density on arterial routes close to transit.
Davidoff proposed a further rule change that would automatically allow the rezoning of a lot when it became more expensive.
“Let’s keep it simple,” Davidoff said. “If 95 per cent of Canadians can’t afford what you’re zoning that should not be legally enforceable.”
