{"id":235,"date":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kelvinyu-ca\/2026\/10\/03\/toronto-missing-middle-code-reform-push-watch-todays-real-estate-updates-tips-8\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T12:00:00","slug":"toronto-missing-middle-code-reform-push-watch-todays-real-estate-updates-tips-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/toronto-missing-middle-code-reform-push-watch-todays-real-estate-updates-tips-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto Missing Middle Code Reform Push | Watch Today&#8217;s Real Estate Updates &amp; Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/kelvin-yu\/bridging-houses-highrises-29a9\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Toronto&#039;s push for multiplexes and small apartments has advanced, but Ontario&#039;s building code still makes this housing scale difficult to design efficiently.<br \/>\nIn Toronto, houses need only smoke alarms and no barrier-free access, while four-storey apartment buildings require elevators, fire alarms, and sprinklers, even with few units.<br \/>\nA recent Toronto-focused code study said two required exit stairs above two storeys can waste space in smaller apartment buildings and limit efficient layouts.<br \/>\nThese code details shape whether Toronto&#039;s new homes can stay affordable, use lower-carbon materials, include elevators, and better serve families, strollers, and aging residents.<br \/>\nOntario recently appointed an expert advisory body to review the building code, and Toronto professionals were invited to submit public comments by August 14.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto&#039;s push for multiplexes and small apartments has advanced, but Ontario&#039;s building code still makes this housing scale difficult to design efficiently. In Toronto, houses need only smoke alarms and no barrier-free access, while four-storey apartment buildings require elevators, fire alarms, and sprinklers, even with few units. A recent Toronto-focused code study said two required [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/212"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kelvinyu.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}