What was missing? Good management Re: “Why does ‘missing middle’ housing make people so angry?,” Jan. 15.My peers and I were responsible for making a large organization learn and change.
“Change is good! ” we liked to say because it acknowledges facts about change: Change is the constant; people aren’t generally happy about change; change means risk … among others.
This “baby step” will not solve affordability as provincial and municipal governments are significant contributors to the unaffordable housing crisis. They impose excessive taxes, fees and development charges, have lengthy approval times and insist on overlapping building codes to not only new housing but, in some cases, to the purchase and renovation of existing stock.
One unassailable example of excessive costs that directly affects affordability is the Property Transfer Tax that a buyer has to pay when purchasing a home . That’s the question most Victoria taxpayers are asking after learning of a proposed 8.99 per cent property tax increase in 2023. Often the outlier, the City of Victoria wants 8.99 per cent more in property taxes to run the municipality. That’s far above inflation and despite healthy development growth and increased assessment, significant reserves and a substantial annual surplus in 2021.
In these extraordinary inflationary and possibly recessionary times, what instructions were provided to staff in preparing this proposed budget? Business as usual is surely not an option.Cut consumption by banning ads My takeaway from the new alcohol intake guidelines and warnings is how different this approach is to the well-documented evolution of tobacco warnings over the decades.
But here’s the rub: aside from being an outrageous insult to anyone who cares about the worsening state of Earth’s climatic stability, Morgan’s views are exactly backward.
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