Comments on: Laneway housing pilot proceeds despite opposition

By: Ari

Ari — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:27:32 +0000

Question: “If these garages are knocked down, where will people park their cars”?
Answer: Right next to the laneway house!

By: Taj Bansi

Taj Bansi — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:06:04 +0000

I think Laneway housing is an excellent idea especially in Vancouver. Suburbs such as Langley and Cloverdale have numerous areas that support such projects and they have been successful neighborhoods. With limited amounts of developable land, this is the future folks!

By: Richard Stewart

Richard Stewart — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:36:58 +0000

I think this type of sensitive in-fill has an increasing role in urban single-family neighbourhoods throughout Metro Vancouver, not just in the city of Vancouver itself. As a City Councillor in Coquitlam, I’ve been pushing for some similar responses, as most of our city is made up of neighbourhoods built at about half the population density as typical Vancouver neighbourhoods, densities that don’t support public transit at all. We can’t keep building further up the valley; we have to absorb some of the coming population growth in our existing neighbourhoods across Metro Vancouver.

By: Kate Allen

Kate Allen — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:07:38 +0000

Shadows? This guy’s main beef is SHADOWS? Laneway housing seems like a fantastic idea. I want to live in a miniature house. Great story Josh.