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A recently announced provincial government plan to impose sweeping changes to densify single-family detached home neighbourhoods, by usurping the zoning powers of municipal councils, may have ruffled some feathers and raised logistical questions; however, many cities have already begun the process through so-called “infill housing” and “gentle densification” policies.
The province’s Homes for People plan, announced April 3 by Housing Minister Ravi Kahlon and Premier David Eby, intends to seize certain restrictive zoning powers from municipalities, with those that have yet to launch their own neighbourhood densification plans to be most affected. …