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What Does This Mean?
Why
Is This Important?
How Are We Doing?
Taking Responsibility - What You
Can Do
We Must All Be
Accountable - Improving Urban Planning & Smart
Growth - Find Out More
What Does This Mean?
Tracking
housing mix provides one way of looking at how
“smart” we are growing as a city. The housing
mix indicator shows the proportion of low
density (single- and semi-detached), medium
density (townhouses) and high density (apartment
buildings) dwelling units created each year in
London.
Why Is It Important
Environmentally To Have A Mix Of Housing?
Balancing the
current market demand for single family homes
with a good mix of housing types in the medium
and high density range is important in planning
for the most efficient use of both urban land
and existing infrastructure. A mixed housing
form can help to create compact neighbourhoods,
provide cost effective transit services and
provide a choice of residential types for a
broader range of the population. Housing mix and
residential densities for future subdivision
developments are determined through the
Community Plan Process which provides for a
comprehensive and coordinated approach to
development having regard for the location and
physical characteristics of the land area.
How Are We Doing?
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Getting Better
- The
proportion of low density residential building
permits has decreased from almost 70% in 2002
to less than 50% in 2005, medium and high
density permits have increased to almost 50%
showing that we are building at a greater
density overall.
- In the past
4 years residential building permits have hit
levels not seen since the late 1980’s.
- Low density
housing types (single- and semi-detached) have
dominated the mix of development in the City
of London since 1994.
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Taking
Responsibility – What You Can Do
- Read the
Citizen's Guide to the Land Use Planning
System in Ontario, produced by the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and Housing.
- Get
involved in the Planning Process. See the
Saturday edition of the London Free Press
“Living in the City” notices of public
meetings or link to the City of London website “Living
in the City” page.
- Advocate
for mixed use development/multi-unit housing
in subdivision developments.
- Advocate
for zoning to allow attached and multi-unit
housing in low density areas.
We Must All Be
Accountable - Improving Urban Planning & Smart
Growth -
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