06-28-2020, 08:34 PM
(06-28-2020, 01:25 PM)dtkmelissa Wrote: The Region is looking into two new affordable housing projects (one in Waterloo and one in Cambridge). I attended a virtual public engagement session last week on the 555 Beechwood project and there was a lot of opposition to it (Traffic, height (it's 6 stories), plus a lot of unfortunate comments about renters not caring for their homes). Though I heard the earlier session was even stronger in their opposition. I believe it goes to council on July 15th and I suspect there will be many folks speaking against it at that point. I have registered to speak in support of it myself. There's a little bit of information on the Region's website about it too. https://www.regionofwaterloo.ca/Modules/...d317618f5c
The first mistake is proposing this in Waterloo -- they give zero sh*ts about less fortunate people. It's not the height, it's not the traffic. It's the people "renters not caring for their homes". If this was being built as a high end condo, you likely wouldn't have much negative feedback, as it would be a low-rise condo.