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In a small factory in Granby, Que., south of Montreal, workers are preparing steel-reinforced concrete panels to be shipped to construction sites. These prefabricated components can come with insulation, windows, doors and even a Juliet balcony. “I call it ‘ready-to-wear’ for construction,” said Virginie Brouillard, vice-president of Avac Beton, which …

Two years and multiple housing laws since the Ford government promised to build 1.5 million new homes in a decade to solve Ontario’s housing crisis, key indicators suggest home construction is grinding to a trickle. The number of housing starts in the first half of 2024 has lagged behind the …

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has acknowledged mistakes were made in deciding to remove 7,400 acres of protected land from the Greenbelt, in the wake of a blistering report from the province’s auditor general investigating his government’s handling of the whole affair. Speaking after the report — which said developers with …

TORONTO — It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities “whole” on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they’re concerned they’ve seen little to no movement. One large city says it is already feeling the impacts …

Several well-established developers are among the owners of the 15 parcels of land the Ford government is proposing to open up for housing in the protected Greenbelt in the Greater Toronto Area, a CBC Toronto analysis of dozens of land registry and corporate records has found. The Ontario government announced …

A representative of the development industry and a housing advocate are warning that a recent decision by Toronto city council to raise the cost of building new housing could further squeeze the city’s supply and result in less affordable housing. Council voted in July to hike development charges by 46 per …