Host Maria Kritikos sits down with Vancouver City Councillor Lisa Dominato to unpack how multiplex zoning is reshaping the city’s “missing middle.”

Dominato shares why she championed the shift—so families can stay rooted in their neighbourhoods with ground-oriented homes—and what’s happened since: ~370 applications (~1,500 homes), designs that support aging in place (ground-floor bedrooms, one-level living), and better options for multi-generational life. She also covers the nuts and bolts: faster permitting momentum (the 3-3-1 push and new AI compliance checks), cost-saving pole-mounted transformers in place of bulky pad units, and today’s rules (e.g., lane access currently required, laneway stratification under review).

Beyond housing supply, Dominato highlights the coming challenge—and opportunity—of funding infrastructure to match growth, and why open collaboration between City Hall, builders, and communities matters. A candid, practical look at how policy turns into homes people actually want to live in.

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