All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes

Sam Nabi

City/Township Council · Kitchener Ward 10

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All topics Housing Getting Around Climate Food Growth & Planning Budget & Taxes
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Growth & Planning

How should councils weigh the long-term cost of maintaining existing infrastructure when making decisions about outward growth and expansion?ranked from highest to lowest importance
  1. Prioritize infill and intensification where infrastructure
  2. Limit outward growth unless full lifecycle infrastructure
  3. Require detailed cost and risk analysis before approving
  4. Use development phasing tied to infrastructure capacity
  5. Proceed with outward growth to address housing supply
How should councils balance provincial and regional mandates for increased housing density with neighbourhood opposition and local infrastructure constraints?select up to 4 per part
A. Planning & zoning tools
  • Expand as-of-right zoning to reduce case-by-case political decisions on housing forms
  • Allow small-scale housing forms city-wide as-of-right (e.g. up to four units per lot)
  • Eliminate parking minimum requirements
B. Managing neighbourhood opposition
  • Use public engagement to inform design, not to veto density
C. Infrastructure & servicing
  • Pair density approvals with targeted infrastructure upgrades
  • Use development charges or conditions to fund needed upgrades

Describe one concrete zoning, planning, or development decision you would support (or oppose) that reflects how you would balance these priorities.candidate's own words

As-of-right permissions for missing-middle and mid-rise housing in all neighbourhoods (except designated Heritage Conservation Districts).

Please describe one concrete example of a growth or infrastructure decision you would support or oppose using this approach.candidate's own words

Design neighbourhoods with enough density for efficient transit, utilities, roads, and district energy.

What can the municipality/region do, if anything, about land which sits vacant for years because it is being used as an investment (land banking)?candidate's own words

Explore a land value tax