According to the Toronto Star there is a $1 billion funding gap in affordable housing in Toronto. This is of direct impact to the more then 65,000 people currently on the City of Toronto’s waiting list who are waiting for affordable housing. There is also a growing consensus of the need for new developments to be environmentally sensitive. What is needed is a new model for affordable housing; a model that learns from past mistakes and builds off past successes. Toronto needs a model that develops housing while providing jobs and improving the community and the environment. GROW Housing seeks to establish this new model.
GROW Housing, currently a conceptual proposal, utilizes an innovative sustainable design strategy to facilitate the creation of affordable housing. The model was developed to mimic the cyclical flow of resources exhibited by the natural world. To create this system, a vertical farm, Living Machine®, and methane digester have been merged with a residential development providing housing for 1,000 residents.
Chris Tindal
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