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Happy City’s draft report on the City of St John’s changes to its planning regulations
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Below is an executive summary of our report on the city’s proposed changes to housing planning regulations, co-authored with Streets Are For People. The full text of that report is available here and anyone reading it who wishes to can comment on it and make suggestions. We hope that this will be the start…
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Housing in the news
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Housing has been very much in the news this week, and Happy City and our partners Streets are For People (SAFP) have been in the thick of it as we prepare a formal response to the City of St Johns’ proposed housing regulation changes. We attended the two public information/engagement sessions that took place…
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How would proposed housing regulation reforms affect St John’s? Can you help us find out?
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The council has voted to put forward a wide-ranging list of changes to housing regulations for public consultation. Their stated purpose is to promote “densification” (more housing units in the same amount of space), and “accelerate the development of diverse housing types throughout St. John’s”. If the changes are approved they will unlock $10.4…