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The Housing Affordability in Lincoln page has listed that based on the definition of attainable ownership housing, the maximum house price in our area should be $468,166, and the maximum rental price for a 1 bedroom should be $1,011. When searching for local housing, there are no available 1 bedroom apartments for less than $1600 (with most being well over this price) and the average home price in Beamsville is now nearly $975,000. Less than five years ago, houses in the area were easily found for $300-500,000.
I was born and raised in Beamsville, and always dreamed of coming back home after university to buy a house and settle down, but at these rates, that is beyond attainable. My husband and I both work stable full-time jobs and have no debt, but even so, are beyond priced out. Beamsville also continues to build more and more condos, tightly packed subdivisions of attached houses, and massive houses, failing to recognize that people live in Niagara because they want a small parcel of land to enjoy that's affordable. My husband and I are childless, and it seems like our only options are renting a condo, which is not what every childless couple want.
Beamsville has a serious housing crisis and is not seeming to do much about it, focused only on developing more and more without considering affordable housing, or whether or not our current services, infrastructure, or amenities can accommodate this
AllieHarvey
over 1 year ago
Every build should include some affordable housing rather than low income builds where everyone lives together and struggles together. If you disperse low income families within subdivisions and apartment buildings the higher income people will help those who need help include them in activities etc.
Jacqueline Jones
over 1 year ago
A simple and generally accepted definition of affordable housing is housing that takes 30% of one's gross income. To me it assumes that housing is in the form of a rental unit, not ownership. In other words, units that are rent geared to income. Ideally they would be provided by funding from all levels of government and not the private sector. Access to any affordable housing units must be provided through a means test where only the most needy have access to this type of housing.
The Housing Affordability in Lincoln page has listed that based on the definition of attainable ownership housing, the maximum house price in our area should be $468,166, and the maximum rental price for a 1 bedroom should be $1,011. When searching for local housing, there are no available 1 bedroom apartments for less than $1600 (with most being well over this price) and the average home price in Beamsville is now nearly $975,000. Less than five years ago, houses in the area were easily found for $300-500,000.
I was born and raised in Beamsville, and always dreamed of coming back home after university to buy a house and settle down, but at these rates, that is beyond attainable. My husband and I both work stable full-time jobs and have no debt, but even so, are beyond priced out. Beamsville also continues to build more and more condos, tightly packed subdivisions of attached houses, and massive houses, failing to recognize that people live in Niagara because they want a small parcel of land to enjoy that's affordable. My husband and I are childless, and it seems like our only options are renting a condo, which is not what every childless couple want.
Beamsville has a serious housing crisis and is not seeming to do much about it, focused only on developing more and more without considering affordable housing, or whether or not our current services, infrastructure, or amenities can accommodate this
Every build should include some affordable housing rather than low income builds where everyone lives together and struggles together. If you disperse low income families within subdivisions and apartment buildings the higher income people will help those who need help include them in activities etc.
A simple and generally accepted definition of affordable housing is housing that takes 30% of one's gross income. To me it assumes that housing is in the form of a rental unit, not ownership. In other words, units that are rent geared to income. Ideally they would be provided by funding from all levels of government and not the private sector. Access to any affordable housing units must be provided through a means test where only the most needy have access to this type of housing.