MISSISSAUGA: On Wednesday, April 6, the City of Mississauga is holding a live, virtual information session on how we’re tackling the housing crisis in our City and working to make housing more affordable.
Residents will learn about the actions Mississauga is taking to create more housing supply and make it more affordable. The session will also address the City’s concerns with approaches to housing affordability and planning, as proposed by the Province’s Housing Affordability Task Force, which could significantly change Mississauga neighbourhoods without making housing more affordable.
Mississauga will continue to grow. The province estimates through their Growth Plan that Mississauga will grow by 250,000 residents over the next thirty years. We will be a city of almost 1 million people by 2050.
To accommodate this growth, we need to build more housing, but it needs to be the right type in the right location. The event will include a Question & Answer session. Panelists: Mayor Bonnie Crombie; Members of Council; Paul Mitcham, City Manager and Chief Administrative Officer; Andrew Whittemore, Commissioner, Planning and Building; Shari Lichterman, Commissioner of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer; Jodi Robillos, Commissioner of Community Services; Geoff Wright, Commissioner of Transportation and Works.
Ways to participate:
1 Register online to attend the information session and ask questions. Participants will receive a confirmation email with meeting information and instructions after registering.
2 Watch the livestream on the City’s website. Registration is not required.
3 If you are unable to attend the live session, the meeting will be recorded and posted on the City’s Housing Affordability webpage following the event. Mississuaga supports infill development and greater density but only where it makes sense and with proper public consultation.
One size fits all planning does not work. Pictures shown are conceptual illustrations of what recommendations 3a and 9 from the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force report could look like in our neighbourhoods. Recommendation 3a would allow up to four units and up to four storeys of residential use on a single residential lot without consultation or appeal. Recommendation 9 would allow zoning of six to 11 storeys with no minimum parking requirements on any streets used by public transit (including bus routes) without consultation or appeal.