ST. JOHN'S, N.L. —

Some residents complained, but St. John’s city councilors agreed that adding townhouses in a neighbourhood doesn’t decrease property values or increase crime rates.

“I’m not seeing any evidence that townhouses have an impact on property values,” Ward 4 Coun. Ian Froude said during Monday’s virtual St. John’s city council meeting.

“We need a mixture of housing styles and sizes so that people can live affordably throughout the entire city.”

The comments were made during a discussion about an application from RTO Capital Inc. to rezone the land at 138 Ladysmith Dr. to make way for the construction of three two-storey townhouses.