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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m in 22207 and don’t care about this.  All the 1960s homes that go on the market are bought by developers, torn down, and replaced with $2m McMansions that cover the whole lot.  Replacing those with townhomes isn’t going to ruin the neighborhood.

The council could have rezoned for five-story apartment buildings, eliminated parking requirements, and forced developers to include subsidized units.  I’m grateful they did none of that.  This is a fairly moderate solution all things considered.[/quote]

NP here. I wish the units weren’t inevitably going to end up rentals, but I’m also excited to get something other than ridiculously oversized $2m+ McMansions. Honestly, these giant 6+ bedroom homes are just hideous and I don’t want all my neighbors to be big law partners. Tearing down all the old housing stock and replacing it with homes larger than the average household needs is also just not sustainable nor a good use of limited land.

I would have liked MM to be a bit more tailored (no more than a triplex to avoid ending up with a glut of 1-2 bedroom rentals) and maybe even a limit on renting it for the first decade so that it has to go to an owner occupant. I’d love for there to be more starter homes around me for young families. [/quote]

Some of us built these homes because that was what the code incentivized as the maximum way to make a profit.  And that’s what the MM developers will do.  I just wanted to point that out.  The McMansion is a natural result of the former code and the EHO changes will also lead to people maximizing profit on a particular parcel.  There’s nothing immoral about a McMansion and the EHOs will look the same, scale-wise.[/quote]

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