Toronto councillors have approved multiplexes across the city — a move some say will help address the growing housing crisis.
Council voted 18-7 in favour of legalizing two, three and four-unit multiplexes, which had previously not been allowed in many parts of the city because of restrictive zoning bylaws. Earlier Wednesday, council signed on to a provincial plan to build 285,000 homes within the city over the next decade.
Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie said one way of achieving that target and addressing Toronto’s serious housing crunch was to approve the multiplex plan.
“We need to do something that’s hard,” she said. “We need to come together to find consensus to move
