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Liberals promise to build nearly 500,000 homes per year, create new housing entity (www.thestar.com)
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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds like the new entity would do all of the above. Which makes sense. If they're builders willing to build what the government wants, they'll gett the money. But the government won't wait for such developers to volunteer. Instead it'll start the development itself, perhaps hiring developers to execute the actual building.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    But the government won't wait for such developers to volunteer. Instead it'll start the development itself, perhaps hiring developers to execute the actual building.

    That's what I'm afraid of: Canadian transit has suffered due to that kind of public/private partnership.

    Whatever arrangement the new crown corporation arrives at, I hope they're able to keep costs down.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Oh I'm not afraid this would go the way of the transit P3s horror shows. Buildings, especial lower than 10-20 storey are simple, with known solutions. We knew how to do this in 1960 and we know it today. A close relative is a structural engineer and from what I gather we don't do anything complicated and even significant fuckups can be (and are) tolerated. There are few risks during the actual design and building of such buildings. High rises are more complex.

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