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Ontario may soon count student residences as homes to reach housing goal (toronto.ctvnews.ca)

submitted 1 year ago by n3m37h@sh.itjust.works to c/ontario@lemmy.ca

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Yay! More BS that only puts us further behind!

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Retirement spaces—okay if it's expected that citizens will live there long-term.

Student residences—specifically intended to be used only for a short, fixed term. These do need to be built, but they are not housing for any useful definition of housing.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should be built by the universities and colleges that profit off the students. They certainly should not be getting subsidized or funded by government as a "housing stimulus" which is what I am worried will happen if they count student residences as housing.

[–] alison@mastodon.online 1 points 1 year ago

@FireRetardant @nyan That said being in a university city they chew up a grotesque amount of available housing.

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