Ontario Housing
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Dollars and cents: Ontario homelessness spend balloons as community housing cratersInternal data shows Ontario has increased its homelessness spend over the past five years, while the provincial money for community housing appears to have fallen.PoliticsApr 23
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Ontario is changing what developers pay to build. Feds say it means ‘higher taxes’Tensions between the Ford and Trudeau governments are continuing on the housing file. Now, Ottawa says changes to development charges amount to higher taxes.PoliticsApr 17
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Feds stand firm in Ontario housing battle: ‘They’re not going to receive this money’In early April the Trudeau government unveiled billions of dollars in funds for housing. It said the money would only flow if provinces met certain conditions.PoliticsApr 12
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Ford government unveils sweeping new changes to housing rulesA new omnibus housing law tabled in Ontario will remove parking minimums for some developments and give universities special powers to build.EconomyApr 10
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Ontario looking to add student accommodation to its definition of new housingOntario is considering adding student accommodation to its definition of new housing as it works to hit an ambitious goal of 1.5 million homes by 2031.PoliticsApr 9
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The Ford and Trudeau governments are fighting about housing. What’s at stake?The Ontario and Canadian governments have been trading blows on the housing file in public. Behind the scenes, however, one provincial source is optimistic a deal can be landed.PoliticsApr 7
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Ontario provides Kawartha Lakes $1.56M for reaching 90% of 2023 housing targetsWith 431 new housing units, the City of Kawartha Lakes achieved 90 per cent of its housing target in 2023. The municipality has been tasked with 6,500 home builds in eight years.EconomyApr 4
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Ford government could reject latest federal housing packagePrime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new housing fund tied to fourplexes, a policy Ontario Premier Doug Ford is passionately opposed to.PoliticsApr 2
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Expanded Ontario vacant home tax on the horizon as housing outlook improves slightlyCurrently, only Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton have the provincial authority to impose a tax on homes that remain unoccupied. That list now looks set to expand.EconomyMar 27
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Tensions between Ontario, federal governments flare on affordable housingThe Ford and Trudeau governments are at odds over their plans to provide affordable housing, with the federal government threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars.PoliticsMar 23
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