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Developer fees rising in Metro Vancouver
A recent Fraser Institute study compared 17 of Metro Vancouver’s 21 municipalities on spending, revenue and debt from 2007 to 2016, underscoring the changing makeup of municipal revenues in the region. As shown in the chart below, ...
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It’s time for Canadian cities to eliminate minimum parking requirements
Last week was broadly positive for land-use and housing policy in North American cities. Along with Vancouver City Council’s decision to allow low-density neighbourhoods to add duplexes without rezoning, Cincinnati just joined a growing ...
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A lagging housing supply drives Ontario’s affordability woes
The Wynne government almost exclusively targeted housing demand—not supply. ...
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Local governments in GTA have tools to increase housing supply, affordability
In response to Toronto’s rapidly rising home prices, federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau recently announced the assembly of a working group of experts from all levels of government, aimed at taking a “deep dive” into the housing ...