Zone every inch of currently settled land to allow 6 story mixed use buildings, by right. Don’t require anything to build besides engineering and safety checks - no chance for NIMBY input. Do this federally.

Not sure if I'd do it federally... maybe start with a few trial cities or areas where the idea has a lot of support... But I'd be all for trying something like this!

Up the stories to 85 and then we are talking.

> allow 6 story mixed use buildings

Why stop at 6? Why limit it at all?

> Why limit it at all?

The canonical answer is public services. If you add a high rise to a small community, there will be a period of time in which emergency services and infrastructure may be insufficient for everyone.

I agree with this in totality. Preserving undeveloped wetlands is a way more important than preserving some boomers stake in a low density suburb.

Not import half a million immigrants per year, to start.

Seems to be the fastest and easiest thing to do. But it goes against our current paradigm of looking for perpetual growth, the government will never reverse this policy

The elephant in the room is downvoted because it's politically incorrect.

A vacancy tax is the non-racist approach, which attacks the problem directly.

However it is politically challenging because it also affects local monied interests, who under Canada's anti-foreigner law are able to continue exacerbating the housing problem without check.