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submitted 7 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

Condo sales numbers in and around Toronto have taken a drastic tumble so far this year, and now that the market is starting to lean towards buyers ...

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

they are the ones that know how to do it.

Once upon a time, but most of their work (in Ontario) was put onto the Municipalities to make things cheaper, in exchange there were development charges put in place to offset some of the cost. Now they removed those but kept the municipalities doing the work. Developers serve no purpose anymore

[-] sailingbythelee@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I'm not sure what you mean when you say that developers serve no purpose. Maybe there is a definitional problem here. Maybe you are thinking of planners rather than developers. Developers organize, design, finance, and gain approvals for housing projects. Often they are also the general contractor for the building phase. Planners, on the other hand, ensure that projects meet the requirements of municipal Official Plans and the Planning Act (in Ontario).

It is true, though, that a lot of developers submit shitty plans that municipal planners have to fix. That's because the average developer doesn't give a single shit about the public good and only seeks to maximize personal profit. So, they treat the Planning Act as an obstacle to work around rather than making a good faith effort to follow the principles of good city planning.

[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Governments and banks finance

We have housing blueprints from the governments

Approval from the government

Governments already contract out work, even in construction

Their existence is a legacy component

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