Making housing more affordable and accessible is part of bettering the lives of Canadians, but if more housing is to be built, what kind will it be? And where? Invariably, driving north out of Toronto shows what ongoing development could look like—agricultural land, fields, and forests being turned into suburbs adjacent to strip malls. Every person needs a home and nearby amenities, but it makes one wonder if there’s a different approach to making that a reality.
While talk of renovation for old apartment buildings and houses is perhaps more likely to come up in the Estonian context than a housing crisis, which we hear so much about in Canada, Estonia does experience affordability issues like Canada, when salaries don’t align with the cost of housing in urban areas like Tallinn.
Thus, any suggested strategies regarding efficient housing ought to be considered, regardless of which side of the ocean one lives on.
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