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A home renovation project in Brampton, Ont., has caused an explosion of local concern, with residents worried the unguarded construction site poses a safety hazard for children in the area. One home in the city, located to the northwest of Toronto, is in the midst of a large-scale renovation that …
Read More »‘Humanitarian crisis’: Ontario cities beg province to create new ministry for homelessness
The leaders of Ontario’s largest cities are calling on the provincial government to appoint a cabinet minister to manage a provincewide response to a growing trend of homelessness and a number of encampments they say have reached crisis levels. Launching a new campaign at Queen’s Park on Thursday, Ontario’s Big …
Read More »Ontario housing starts tumble, developers warn situation will ‘get worse before it gets better’
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 …
Read More »‘Economic mismatch’: A shortage of Ontario condo managers is driving up fees
As the Ford government pins its hopes of solving Ontario’s housing crisis by building 1.5 million new homes by 2031, a chronic shortage of qualified people to run new condo buildings threatens to drive up costs for homeowners even as new units finally come online. Changes to how condo managers …
Read More »Ontario government sets 2025 rental cap for most units
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Rent for some homes in Ontario will be capped below the rate of inflation next year, the provincial government announced Friday. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing released its annual rent increase cap ahead of the long weekend, keeping landlords of …
Read More »An Ontario company lost its licence to build homes. It’s allegedly doing so anyways
A Toronto new home builder which lost its licence to construct homes is the subject of a new investigation by Ontario regulators, after allegations the company has been building homes without permission. Albion Building Consultant Inc., also known as Albion Builders, or simply Albion, had its licence to build and …
Read More »‘We don’t track data as well as we should,’ Ontario housing minister says
Ontario’s housing minister says poor data tracking is making it harder for the Ford government to keep on top of how many new units have been built as it targets 1.5 million new homes by 2031. Housing Minister Paul Calandra told a committee at the Ontario legislature Thursday afternoon his …
Read More »Ontario government hopeful interest rate cut will spur struggling home construction
Ontario housing minister Paul Calandra expressed confidence that the Bank of Canada’s interest rate cut on Wednesday will help spur housing development as the province struggles to realize its goal of constructing 1.5 million homes by 2031. Calandra told reporters he was “very relieved” interest rates had finally been cut …
Read More »Ontario provides $377K for 2 supportive housing units at The Mount in Peterborough – Peterborough
Provincial funding of more than $377,000 will create two supportive housing units at The Mount Community Centre in Peterborough, Ont. On Thursday morning, Elgin-Middlesex-London MPP Rob Flack, Ontario’s associate minister of housing, and Peterborough-Kawartha MPP Dave Smith announced $377,641 in funding for the two units. Located on Monaghan Road, the former …
Read More »Dollars and cents: Ontario homelessness spend balloons as community housing craters
Advocates are calling for a change of strategy to deal with Ontario’s housing crisis as new internal data suggests the Ford government is throwing hundreds of millions at homelessness programs while it cuts what it spends on community housing. Since Ford took office in 2018, Ontario has ramped its spending …
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