Yumei De Armas

Strong mayor powers used to expedite redevelopment project

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And not only that, but who is going to verify if they actually do it? there was a development in my neighborhood that said that the 4 tiny homes that they were building would be affordable. Guess what, these 4 tiny homes are being rented at $3,300 each (3 bedrooms), which is not affordable.

- Yumei De Armas

Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents

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I do not think that the immigrants are the homeless, but bringing thousands of new immigrants that will be looking for housing when we already have a housing crisis is not smart. Government should ensure that we do have enough infrastructure before bringing 500,000 new people each year. You would not bring 20 people into your home unless you build first some couple of additions and new rooms, and then you bring the people in. We already have a problem with healthcare, crowded schools, not enough rentals and it would be impossible for a newcomer to buy a home... let's fix some of these issues before we keep bringing more people in! At least at this scale... I am an immigrant myself, arrived to Canada in 2010 when rentals were affordable and it was a great place to live. It is so sad to see what's becoming.

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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This is the same (and only) company that keeps buying properties in the middle of residential areas and builds 40 bedrooms or more that will end up being rented for an outrageous price by the room. They don't have to provide enough parking because they are technically "houses" and not lodging houses, and they don't care about how this affects existing neighbours. In the meantime, citizens who invested all their money into their property, are called nimbys because they do not want a huge lodging house right next door without the developer providing enough infrastructure. The church HAD parking. We are basically telling the developers to build whatever they like, wherever they like, so he can have a higher profit without any other concerns.I WANT to intensify, but in a proper way, with a proper design and enough parking. There are multiple places (including Arkel and Gordon) where some condos were going to be built but nothing happens. What are we building for families?

- Yumei De Armas

Renoviction bylaw just one change being considered to address affordable housing

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It sounds great on paper, but the reality is completely different. Developers getting even more profit, building tiny homes in the same lot so they can be "affordable", not having to provide enough parking. What kind of city do we want this to be? I love seeing a city evolve and grow with good planning (enough schools, parking, hospitals to accommodate the increase), but I feel like this will become a city I will not longer want to raise my kids in.

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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And to be fair, this could be a good location for this type of building, due the proximity to downtown and being in a main road, but they should provide enough parking spaces.

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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Completely agree. They are the only ones doing this all over the city. It is happening in Ridgeway Avenue, in Orchard Cres, Janefield, this, and probably more. Same floor plans and same designs. They do not consult the neighbours and they are having huge profits. It is so unfair that the people who bought a house next door, and the devaluation that this will cause, is not important but making sure that the developers gets an insane profit seems to be the priority. No concerns at all about parking spaces, noise, and everything that this could bring into the existing neighborhood...

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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I would imagine that the church had plenty of parking available on site. Church would be busy only in specific times of the day / weeks, which is different than having 40 residents living next door without enough parking. Nobody sees how wrong this type of development is? Developers will never build a house for a family to rent when you can rent by the room and get $40,000 a month renting them by the room (40 bedrooms x $1000 a room).Perhaps if they left the parking on the back available (as it is currently) nobody in the neighbourhood would complain.

- Yumei De Armas

East end development to go ahead after city withdraws objection

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The message is that we want PLANNED housing. Building without any control will create chaos. In 10 years it could become a crowded city with no spaces for schools, healthcare, and not enough infrastructure. Maybe even flooding for the lack of water storm planning. Not enough parking. Where is all that garbage going to be, do we have enough groundwater for all those new residencies? City should not just accept any construction just 'because'. We will regret it soon enough.

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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It would be 12 parking spots for 40 bedrooms that will be individually rented. Some of those could have couples living in them. If this is declared a lodging house, then it would be required to have 1 parking spot per unit plus 1 every 3 rooms, but there are ways around this and they have found it. If the city of Guelph is willing to accept this, I would force them to have a percentage (25%) to be affordable at least.

- Yumei De Armas

Single complaint hits the brakes on 14 years of charitable bike repairs

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As her neighbour (down the street), I can assure you that this does not bother anybody here. She keeps her yard tidy, moves the bikes inside every night, and she only does this during summer time. Also, she is right at Arkell without anybody next door. Everyone here supports what she does.

- Yumei De Armas

Church redevelopment plan sparks traffic, parking and other concerns

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And the developer is the one deciding what type of neighbourhood becomes?? Neighbours don't have a say? I would personally rather a zoning change to allow a 6-plex that will be rented per unit. In fact, an 8-plex would still be less invasive than 40 bedrooms. However, they do not need rezoning for this. I want intensification, but not the way Spruce Living wants to do it. There are many places along main roads where this could be a good fit. They are not making them affordable either, in fact, they said these would be "luxury" rental

- Yumei De Armas

More Guelph residents face demoviction as calls increase for more protection

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Same with Ridgeway. One home being replaced with 40 bedrooms (advertised in the cannon for $1,100 per room). Now the one next door is doing the same. So far, we are going to have at least 80 people in what used to be 2 houses. How is this helping with affordability? Nobody is going to build apartments or houses for families if you can build this instead and get a monthly income of $50,000

- Yumei De Armas

U of G expecting record 7,000 first-year students this fall

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And now the city is responsible to build more affordable housing for these students? At the cost of building rooming houses inside residential areas, so families will end up leaving Guelph.University of Guelph should be responsible of housing all these new students, not the citizens. Property taxes are incredible high, house prices, food, and now this. Once they keep building more and more rooming houses all around there will no residential areas anymore.

- Yumei De Armas