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| City considers banning new rental housing (Ryan Chen-Wing) |
Contributed by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 12:24 AM CST
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This is an archived story posted by Ryan Chen-Wing. You can view the original
here. Waterloo City Council will consider a one-year moratorium on new lodging houses. This would mean that no houses could receive new licenses for a year following the ban's approval.
Councillor Scott Jones proposed the ban when city planners presented a study on growth of Waterloo.
The motion to introduce a ban failed 3-2. Jones and Councillor Morty Taylor voted for the motion; Councillor Brent Needham, Councillor Bruce Anderson and Mayor Lynne Woolstencroft voted against the motion. Dave Roeder, who was chairing the meeting, did not vote.
The idea will be presented again next Monday after city staff have been able to collect information.
Council will consider the issue next Monday 3 March in City council Chambers at 100 Regina Street South.
- Student influx panics neighbourhood The Record 26 Feb 2003
- Student housing issue heats up Waterloo Chronicle 26 Feb 2003
- Stop spread of housing for students, council told The Record 25 Feb 2003
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| Authored by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 12:35 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Matt Strauss. You can view the original
here. Wow, and we wonder why student apathy towards FEDS is so high. The one resolution students council made last year (stopping bus pass negotiations) has had the exact opposite effect intended. Bravo.
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| Authored by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 12:59 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Matt Strauss. You can view the original
here. Wow, and we wonder why student apathy towards FEDS is so high. The one resolution students council made last year (stopping bus pass negotiations) has had the exact opposite effect intended. Bravo.
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| Authored by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 02:01 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Matt. You can view the original
here. Everyone was oh-so-worried that there would be this huge shortage of housing, but based on everyone I've talked to, and information I've read, there isn't exactly a housing crunch in Waterloo. I remember in the fall that UW Housing couldn't even fill all their rooms.
I think controlling the sprawl of student housing is a good idea. I have to walk about 25 minutes along University Ave. (from the east) every day and the housing between WLU and UW is a complete eye-sore. Whether this is due to negligent landlords or irresponsible students is another debate.
So, what's the big deal? I've heard the FEDS and students whine about this issue for months, yet I haven't really heard a logical reason why there's a problem with it.
In a nutshell: Students should be allowed to live wherever they want... but lodging houses should not be allowed to run rampant across the city. I don't want to live in a city whose entirety looks like the area I have to walk past every day.[ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 02:47 PM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Matt Goyer. You can view the original
here. Shouldn't that be 'considered'?
...The Chronicle had an interesting article about this issue yesterday. Too bad they don't have a website.
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| Authored by: uws archive on Thursday, February 27 2003 @ 04:43 PM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Joe Nethery. You can view the original
here. For a fella whose business probably benefits from a few hungry nerds like us, you'd figure he'd have kept his pro-student image going.
You know you are in an election year when...[ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Friday, February 28 2003 @ 08:05 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Hanif. You can view the original
here. I was wondering: why doesn't someone set up a site where students can rate their current/former landlords (both good and bad). If a site like this had existed, I may have avoided being sued.
Is it just an issue of liability? That is could someone sue the owner of the site if there was a bunch of negative reviews of them they think that this caused them to loose business.
Thanks[ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Saturday, March 01 2003 @ 12:16 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Matthew Campbell. You can view the original
here. Just something I was told to wait for earlier in the week. Yay, warmer temperatures![ Parent ]
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| Authored by: uws archive on Tuesday, March 04 2003 @ 09:00 AM CST |
This is an archived comment posted by Ryan. You can view the original
here. No housing ban[ Parent ]
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