Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areas
Posted: Dec 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNewsToronto city council has approved a sweeping housing plan that will significantly transform zoning bylaws in an effort to address the affordability crisis. A majority of councillors — 23 out of 26 — voted in[...]
Read More about Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areasToronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts
Posted: Dec 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsToronto’s recently approved housing plan is a good step forward but it could take years before the increase in supply makes renting more affordable in the city, urban planners and experts say. Toronto city council[...]
Read More about Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: expertsFord to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’
Posted: Dec 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe mayor of Mississauga and other municipal leaders who have voiced opposition to a new provincial housing law need to “get on board” and “stop whining,” Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in an unprompted[...]
Read More about Ford to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’Ontario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warning
Posted: Dec 5th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsCLARINGTON, Ont. – Ontario has no plans to allow homes to be built on floodplains, Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister warned Ottawa would not provide disaster compensation where development is[...]
Read More about Ontario won’t allow homes to be built on floodplains, Ford says after fed warningOntario’s Bill 23 proposes more homes built faster, but this comes at an environmental cost
Posted: Nov 23rd, 2022In: ConstructionNewsBill 23 proposes to eliminate or weaken many housing development regulations including site plan controls, which keep us and our natural environment safe from the negative effects of poorly controlled development. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette[...]
Read More about Ontario’s Bill 23 proposes more homes built faster, but this comes at an environmental costCanada’s National Housing Strategy: Is it really addressing homelessness and affordability?
Posted: Nov 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsIn Canada, just over 10 per cent of households live in housing that is unaffordable, unsuitable or inadequate, and they cannot afford alternative housing in their community. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck Jacquie Gahagan, Mount Saint[...]
Read More about Canada’s National Housing Strategy: Is it really addressing homelessness and affordability?Ford’s plans worry Niagara conservation authority
Posted: Nov 15th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsGroup of sandhill cranes congregating in Ontario as they migrate THE LAKE REPORT The chief administrator of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority fears agencies like hers may lose the ability to protect vulnerable environments if[...]
Read More about Ford’s plans worry Niagara conservation authorityAssociation of Municipalities of Ontario worries about housing bill impact
Posted: Oct 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – Ontario municipalities are concerned that parts of the province’s new housing legislation may actually hamper growth and download excessive burdens to them and their taxpayers. One aspect of a large bill introduced Tuesday[...]
Read More about Association of Municipalities of Ontario worries about housing bill impactTory vows to use strong mayor powers to get new housing division operating fast
Posted: Oct 28th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsToronto Mayor John Tory says he will use so-called strong mayor powers to create a new division at city hall to streamline housing development. We need to get more housing built faster. As promised in my Five[...]
Read More about Tory vows to use strong mayor powers to get new housing division operating fastHomes still unaffordable for average households despite fall in prices: reports
Posted: Sep 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsOTTAWA – Buying a home has become more unaffordable for Canadians even as housing prices fall, according to new reports from the parliamentary budget officer and RBC. The PBO’s house price assessment, published on Thursday,[...]
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