Guelph mayor Cam Guthrie is hoping his motion to increase the number of residential units on a single lot will help address the housing crisis in the city.
Guthrie first introduced the motion back in May and said, at the time, it originally didn’t have a set limit of the number of units allowed per lot. He said a motion to raise the limit to more than four will be brought up sometime in the next several months. In the meantime, the draft bylaw will be brought forward in 2024.Guelph joins the City of Kitchener in considering allowing fourplexes in that municipality. Kitchener’s motion was approved on Monday and its draft bylaw will be put up for a vote sometime in 2024.. Mississauga recently defeated a motion to allow fourplexes near transit stops.