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A client of mine has a home in Little Italy (in Ottawa, Canada). He wanted to divide his ground floor into 2 smaller apartments (instead of one larger one) to provide more affordable housing. Total cost of the reno? $15,000 The city’s view? He needed a full site plan application and a streetscape study (despite the fact that […]

Here’s an excerpt from a new (learning outcome) novel I am writing (called Jenna’s Story). In this excerpt, a group of folks are sitting around talking about how excessive zoning ordinances and their strict enforcement actually help entrenched real estate interests (who are referred to as “equity lords”), ie, protect their quasi monopolies… Lastly, equity […]