Ontario Housing
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Ontario nixes cities’ ask to allow more of them to get housing infrastructure moneyThe province assigned housing targets to municipalities and has said those that meet at least 80 per cent of their number every year will get a slice of the Building Faster Fund.PoliticsNov 27
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Ford government convenes forum as work begins on next round of housing legislationOne source with knowledge of the event told Global News it will introduce the new housing minister to stakeholders and discuss housing task force recommendations.PoliticsNov 27
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Jobs or housing? How Ontario’s 2 key priorities could collideA recent shift from the province suggests two goals — jobs and housing — may be in conflict as the Ford government weighs scrapping rules it introduced to protect employment lands.EconomyNov 9
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Ontario scraps its portion of HST on purpose-built rentalsOntario is scrapping its portion of the harmonized sales tax on eligible purpose-built rental housing in an effort to spur construction.PoliticsNov 1
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Ford government to count long-term care beds toward housing construction goalIn a letter to municipalities in Ontario, the province's housing minister has suggested the government will count long-term care beds toward its goal of building 1.5 million homes.CanadaOct 25
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Ontario mayors say rules for provincial housing fund unfairly penalize themOntario announced in August that money under the Building Faster Fund would be available to municipalities that meet at least 80 per cent of their provincial housing targets.PoliticsOct 25
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Winter house-sitters’ pursuit of snowbird home highlights Ontario’s housing, economic crunchA Haldimand County couple have taken the unusual route of posting a classified ad on a dedicated website seeking a house-sitting gig this winter.CanadaOct 12
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Feds, Ontario provide $46M to support nearly 1,100 new homes in PeterboroughFederal and provincial funding will support several major housing projects in Peterborough, including the construction of two apartment buildings.EconomyOct 11
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Internal document shows Ford government warned about expansion of urban boundariesThe result, according to the internal document from the Ministry of Housing, would open up more than 4,700 hectares of land for housing development by 2051.PoliticsOct 4
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Hamilton reaction to Ontario’s Greenbelt reversal swift as mayor says she’s ‘thrilled’Mayor Andrea Horwath was one of many Hamiltonians thrilled by the Greenbelt reversal, but wants more including the return of agricultural land forced into the urban boundary.EnvironmentSep 21
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