Industry groups urge government to prioritize purpose-built rentals to tackle housing deficit
Posted: Feb 14th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsA new report by the Building Industry and land Development Association (BILD) and the Federation of Rental-housing Providers of Ontario (FRPO) has warned of a concerning shortage of rental housing in the Greater Toronto Area[...]
Read More about Industry groups urge government to prioritize purpose-built rentals to tackle housing deficitGreenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concerns
Posted: Jan 29th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsSteven 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[...]
Read More about Greenbelt is Ontario’s jurisdiction, Ford says after federal minister raises concernsHas Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?
Posted: Jan 28th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsOntario 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[...]
Read More about Has Ontario’s housing ‘plan’ been built on a foundation of evidentiary sand?Residential construction industry raises funds for housing projects for homeless
Posted: Jan 20th, 2023In: ConstructionNewsThe 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[...]
Read More about Residential construction industry raises funds for housing projects for homelessToronto 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 costFord’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[...]
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