Buildings with Benefits: The Defect of Density Bonusing

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Page Title:Buildings with Benefits: The Defect of Density Bonusing – C.D. Howe Institute
Article Title:Buildings with Benefits: The Defect of Density Bonusing
URL:https://cdhowe.org/publication/buildings-benefits-defect-density-bonusing/
Published Date:April 17, 2018
Accessed Date:February 10, 2025

Ontario should scrap arbitrary and opaque density bonusing deals between municipalities and developers, according to a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute. In Buildings with Benefits: The Defect of Density Bonusing author Aaron Moore finds that density bonusing – a practice where developers can break zoning rules in exchange for public amenities – is based on weak rationales for its use.

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