A new bill aims to cut so-called red tape in Ontario’s home building system.
Housing minister Paul Calandra introduced an omnibus bill today tackling rules and regulations across several ministries.
The largest sections are on housing and aimed at getting 1.5-million homes built in 10 years.
The provincial government is proposing to speed up the creation of student housing and allow municipalities to enact “use it or lose it” policies to force movement on stalled developments.
Ontario’s spring budget shows the pace of new home construction is picking up, but is still far off the levels needed to get to the government’s target by 2031.
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