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GTA new home market quiet in January: BILD Report

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 24th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

The GTA new home market saw a slow month in January, according to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD). There were 567 new home sales in January, which was down 81 per cent[...]

HCRA imposes financial penalties on illegal home builders

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 18th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

As it marks its second year of operations, the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) may now impose administrative penalties on Ontario home builders or vendors who breach their legal and ethical obligations. A new regulation[...]

Ontario home builders urge faster approvals, harmonized green building standards

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 11th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO — Ontario should speed up new housing approvals, increase skilled trade immigration, and “rein in” municipalities introducing varying green building standards, a residential builders’ group is telling the government. The province is sifting through[...]

Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 29th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Steven Guilbeault at the 2022 United Nations Biodiversity Conference (photo: UN Biodiversity via Wikimedia Commons) BRAMPTON, Ont. – The Greenbelt is provincial jurisdiction, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday after the federal environment minister indicated he’d consider[...]

Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 28th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

Ontario Premier Doug Ford talks to the media on a construction site in Brampton, Ont., in May 2022. Later in the year, the Ford government justified its adoption of sweeping housing legislation and the opening[...]

GTA new home sales dipped in 2022, affected by interest rates, monetary policy

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 27th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

According to the Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD), 2022 saw the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) experience the lowest level of new home sales since 2018. Altus Group, BILD’s official source for new home[...]

Residential construction industry raises funds for housing projects for homeless

By:Building .caPosted: Jan 20th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

The residential construction industry raised more than $1.4 million for construction of two projects in Toronto that provide housing to those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness. The funds were used[...]

Toronto city council approves plan to allow for greater density in residential areas

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 21st, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto 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[...]

Toronto’s housing plan could take years to improve affordability for renters: experts

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 20th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Toronto’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[...]

Ford to Crombie, mayors criticizing housing law: ‘Get on board’ and ‘stop whining’

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 9th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

The 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[...]