Ont. mayor can’t afford to buy house in township she leads
kitchener.ctvnews.ca
Waterloo Region’s red-hot housing market hits close to home for Wilmot Township Mayor Natasha Salonen.

Time to loosen zoning restrictions and say no to NIMBYs Ms. Mayor. *

Despite earning around $90,000 a year between her work as mayor, regional councillor and with the local electric utility, she says she can’t afford to buy a home in the municipality she leads.

* yeah, she’s still paying off student loans, and I don’t know what zoning restrictions are like in her community. But still.

  • BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Now what happens when teachers, nurses etc can’t afford it either.

    Home owners loving those paper gains and won’t realize it destroys the social fabric of their communities until it’s too late.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      That isn’t as bad as when minimum wage earners won’t be able to rent

      Teachers and nurses make enough to warrant a commute and they have skilled jobs (required off site learning), a minimum wage earner can just go anywhere with and not only earn as much but also has way more job flexibility

      Also Ontario already pays private nurses double (though it costs the province way more than that because of the ‘Ford friend fee’ I mean agency fee