Types of units: Rental or Ownership?

I consider rentals to be the highest priority.

Choosing between the two, my bias would be towards "units to own" because generally homeowners would tend to have a more vested financial interest in the running of the town. A mix of the two I think would be better than just rental units.

Rentals are a priority.

Rental should be the priority. Housing prices are up, mortgage rates are up and building costs are up. Which means greater down payment requirements and higher monthly costs. This at a time when the Millennial generation is falling behind Buying housing is more and more unaffordable. Just look at what condos are selling for in Maxwell Woods and other developments. They are often at or above the median CE price of $700,000. Frankly we need apartments, and higher density as that reduces cost per unit and hence more affordable

I’d like to see a mix of rental/ownership, but to start, I think focusing on rentals is a higher priority.

rentals allow for more diverse socioeconomic groups to move here

@douglas babkirk @Maureen Clancy @Bill Goodykoontz Thank you for your feedback, we appreciate your participation. Would you like to elaborate on why you see rentals as where the focus should be?

affordable rental units

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@Mylan Cohen Thank you for sharing, what you shared shows an interesting model.

I would start with rental as a priority though eventually affordable ownership could be a long-term goal. There was an excellent article in the New York Times Magazine on May 23, 2023 citing Vienna as a model in this regard (by Francesca Mari - if you have a subscription, see https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/magazine/vienna-social-housing.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare).