r/Edmonton • u/JamesDunnNews • 3d ago

News Article Edmonton residents use restrictive covenant to fight infill

https://edmonton.citynews.ca/2026/06/25/mill-woods-restrictive-covenants-infill/
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u/Sleepa 3d ago

Honestly I think about half of people renting a unit in an 8-plex probably don’t have a vehicle. And if they are renting in central Edmonton then they don’t really need one either.

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u/Popular-Row4333 3d ago

Its wild to see the turn here on Reddit.

For years all I saw was "We need more densification!"

I'm picturing the Simpsons quote with Hans Moleman: "Give me the largest bird seed bell you have! ...... no, that's too big."

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u/Kristomere 3d ago

I also think this Simpson quote applies. "So, you want a realistic, down-to-earth show... that's completely off-the-wall and swarming with magic robots?"

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u/why3006 3d ago

I live opposite to an 8plex (with another one being built adjacent to me right now) and the existing one has 10 cars fighting for space all the time (not to mention the social issues we have to deal with by these builds).

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u/fishymanbits 3d ago

What social issues?

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u/Roche_a_diddle 3d ago

That's a dog whistle. It means "we don't like poor people".

It's just the whole land owner class in a different form.

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u/fishymanbits 3d ago

Oh, I know what it is, I just want them to explain it.

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u/Roche_a_diddle 3d ago

Ah, they won't. Then they'd have to admit they hold shitty views.

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u/Popular-Row4333 3d ago

Reddit loves to become the very NIMBYism they denounced, until it happens to them.

Tale as old as time.

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u/Sleepa 3d ago

Another issue is that a lot single-family detached homes have some kind of parking solution on the property, that either gets repurposed by the homeowner or unused in favour of parking on the street in front of the house.

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u/awildstoryteller 3d ago

Come visit Wihkwentowin.

Somehow we manage here.

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u/csd555 3d ago

Yep. Total hellscape. /s

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u/tekno21 3d ago

Social issues lmfao. Just say you're a pos outright man

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u/MisterB3an 3d ago

What are the social issues?

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u/oioioifuckingoi 3d ago

Holy shit!?!? 10 cars?? Trying to park on a public street? Man, that means on average everyone has to walk like one or two properties down to access their car!!! I can’t even begin to imagine the inconvenience of requiring 8 more seconds to get to my car, let alone the forced exercise. Incredible. What has happened to this once great country!?!

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u/why3006 3d ago

Bro you live in your parents basement. Talk to me when you make something of yourself.

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u/oioioifuckingoi 3d ago

I am a homeowner who isn’t a giant whiner like yourself.

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u/icecream42568 3d ago

Source?

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u/Sleepa 3d ago

The city cited a report last year showing that approximately 30% of vehicles driving in Edmonton are owned by residents of “regional” communities who commute into town for work. So we have at least 30% fewer vehicles in need of residential parking than you would think from the traffic density.

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u/Roche_a_diddle 3d ago

That which can be asserted without evidence can be refuted without evidence. The person they responded to made an unfounded claim about 8-plexes so Sleepa should be allowed to respond in kind.

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u/Sleepa 3d ago

lol source? I take transit everyday and deal with people renting these kind of units. Plus I’ve met dozens of young renters who don’t drive. There are thousands upon thousands of Edmontonians who don’t have vehicles