Laneway home advocates hope for more approvals amid city's 'housing crisis'

Lauren Pelley · CBC News · Posted: Jan 14, 2020 6:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 14

For Dina Graser, planning out a laneway house was an exciting process.

The Trinity-Bellwoods resident, whose own home overlooks the popular park, imagined building a structure not much bigger than the garages already lining the alleyway alongside her backyard.

With the help of an architect, her family drafted plans for housing that could fit their needs for years to come: At first, a rental unit offering someone else a space to live; later, a potential living space for her growing son; and years down the road, a unit she could move into herself once walking up stairs in a multi-storey house grew too troublesome.