From Urban Toronto:
Roughly one in three new Canadians settle in the Golden Horseshoe—the urban area encircling the shore of Lake Ontario between Niagara Falls and Oshawa. At the centre of this population influx, Toronto faces the pressing question of how it can best accommodate growth while preserving its distinct neighbourhoods and urban character.
Enter laneway housing. On Wednesday, 26 February, at an information session hosted by Lanescape and featuring guest speakers from Alair Homes, the case for this modest housing typology as an answer to Toronto’s housing shortage was made. Lanescape believes that laneway housing can help to fill the “missing little” in a city that remains averse to development in its low-rise downtown neighbourhoods.
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