Housing advocates have welcomed a recent Toronto council decision to allow construction of multiplexes across city neighbourhoods which had been dominated by single-family homes.
In Toronto, multiplexes are defined as low-rise housing containing two to four units within a single building. Until recently, zoning bylaws had restricted their presence in many parts of the city, but that changed after a May 10 council vote.
With a growing population, Toronto is embracing multiplexes as a tool to increase the housing supply in Canada’s largest city.
Yet questions remain as to how much new housing will actually emerge from this policy change and how affordable it
