Phil Pothen
About Phil Pothen
Phil Pothen is a land use planning and environmental lawyer with a background in landscape ecology, landscape architecture and 10 years of experience advising and representing provincial policy-makers, select small builders, and concerned residents. He currently works as Counsel and Land Use and Land Development program manager at Environmental Defence.
Ford caused Ontario’s housing shortage. Now he’s making it worse
Years after Ontario's premier promised 1.5 million net new homes by 2030, his government's own NIMBY zoning, outdated construction rules and subsidies for inefficient sprawl development have prevented both market and non-market builders from making shifts to more labour-efficient building formats and construction methods.