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1. Ontario throne speech ignores housing affordability

   In the Greater Toronto Area, home prices are 50 per cent higher than they were during Ontario’s last election in 2014. ...

2. How the Wynne government killed the economics of building new rental units

   In an attempt to promote the construction of rental properties, Ontario’s Wynne government has announced it will fund 13 Ontario municipalities to rebate local fees for rental housing builders. Queen’s Park hopes that, by giving $125 ...

3. Housing affordability—a welcome addition to Ontario’s election issue agenda

   Appeared in the Ottawa Sun, May 2, 2018 The Ontario Liberals recently caused a stir by releasing video of Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford (pictured above) pledging to “open a big chunk” of Ontario’s Greenbelt to homebuilding if elected premier, in an effort ...

4. More power for Ontario municipalities means more responsibility to build housing

   The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) is no more. The Ontario government recently announced that the OMB—the tribunal charged with adjudicating land-use planning disputes between local governments, citizens and property developers—will be ...

5. Proposed rent control rules already discouraging rental development in Ontario

   Appeared in the Toronto Sun, October 4, 2017 Amidst concerns over housing affordability in the Greater Toronto Area, the Wynne government is pressing ahead with tighter rent control laws. When the government first proposed an expansion to the province’s ...