Thin Streets: From
Asphalt to Affordable Housing Submission #23: $1000 - The City has an
enormous land resource in the form of underutilized streets. We propose
dividing 66’ wide north/south street right-of-ways into equal parts,
creating two new 33’ residential lots and a narrower 33’ street
right-of-way. The new lots would be developed for afford¬able housing. A
conservative estimate is that over 10,000 homes could be created,
tapping into over $2 billion in land value.
Photograph by: Screengrab, www.rethinkhousing.ca
Thin houses. Thinner streets. Long houses built down lanes. Elevated housing built in the unused air spaces of commercial buildings. Housing made out of cargo containers. These are some of the ideas that have emerged as the winners of an ideas competition the City of Vancouver held to come up with solutions for its seemingly intractable housing affordability problem. On Monday the city announced seven winners and six honourable mentions of its re: THINK Housing contest. Those ideas will be included in a final report by the city’s affordable housing task force, which will be submitted to city council in late September or early October. |
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
And more cool ideas
