Councillors consider removing some requirements after little interest shown in building missing-middle housing.
Victoria’s missing-middle housing initiative may be tweaked, simplified and improved this week as council considers a series of amendments to make the program more workable.
A six-month review of the program undertaken by city staff found only three development permit applications were submitted. Aryze, which builds homes across the housing spectrum, including missing-middle projects like townhomes, had considered three or four projects that would fit under the policy. All of them were sidelined because of what was seen as an overly restrictive policy.
He said he knows of at least one builder considering the new criteria and may put forward a missing-middle project that has been on hold for months. “These regulatory revisions cost time and money. They need to get it right the first time. If staff and council had listened in January, this could have been accomplished six months ago.”
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