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- Why Don’t We Take Stalking More Seriously? | The Walrus2 savers
- A dense, urban Canada? It’s possible - The Globe and Mail1 savers
- Build Canada Homes and the Outlook for Housing Programs under Budget 20251 savers
- Supreme Court Did the Right Thing in Child Pornography Ruling1 savers
- The market can’t fix the housing crisis1 savers
- Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More Concerning1 savers
- We Expected Little in the Federal Budget on Housing. We Got Less Than Expected.1 savers
- Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 - Legislative Assembly of Ontario1 savers
- Toronto’s five decades of condo growth, mapped - The Globe and Mail1 savers
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Homelessness and Social Housing Funding1 savers
- Regional Council approves historic motion to modernize infrastructure funding and accelerate housing development in Peel - peelregion.ca1 savers
- In Defense of the Traditional Review | The New Yorker1 savers
- Tecumseh risks millions from Ottawa after shooting down four-unit plan | Windsor Star1 savers
- Ontario’s Development Charge Crisis In 10 Points1 savers
- Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower Prices1 savers
- Agenda Item History - 2025.MM32.51 savers
- What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and Mail1 savers
- British Columbia Can Substantially Lower Housing Costs with One Simple Trick1 savers
- Ottawa calls development fees a housing tax, but without them, who pays for new infrastructure? - The Globe and Mail1 savers
- Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Ask1 savers
- We simply don’t have enough money to solve Canada’s housing crisis - The Globe and Mail1 savers
- Can The Rebirth Of The MURB Really Help The Housing Crisis?1 savers
- 'At a reckoning point': Vancouver defers fees to prevent new housing slowdown | Urbanized1 savers
- BC Gov News1 savers
- Improving Canadian Housing: A Pillar of the Innovation Economy1 savers
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Transition Binder (2024)Book 2: Department and Portfolio Overview1 savers
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Transition Binder (2024)Book 1: Welcome Letter1 savers
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Transition Book 3 (2023)The State of Infrastructure, Housing, and Homelessness1 savers
- Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Transition Book 1 (2023)Department and Portfolio Overview1 savers
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decline 56 per cent, from $9.8 billion in 2025 26 to $4.3 billion in 2028-29 due to the expiry of funding for existing programs and cuts set out in Budget 2025.
Build Canada Homes and the Outlook for Housing Programs under Budget 2025Proportionality, the Supreme Court emphasized, is a constitutional limit on state punishment, not a discretionary preference.
Supreme Court Did the Right Thing in Child Pornography Rulingthat the behaviour was unwelcome, that it displayed a pattern, and that a reasonable person—legally defined as someone of “ordinary intelligence and prudence”—would feel unsafe under the same circumstances.
Why Don’t We Take Stalking More Seriously? | The Walrusin Toronto 60 per cent of downtown condos built between 2016 and 2020 were bought by investors who preferred small units
The market can’t fix the housing crisisIt is still unclear how BCH will navigate this trade-off.
Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More ConcerningGovernment procurement as a tool to drive private-sector innovation has a long history, with both successes and failures.
Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More Concerningzoning and building codes often make the most promising innovations illegal to build.
Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More Concerningwith no complementary PUSH or GROW supports, pushing new technologies into a familiar “valley of death.”
Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More ConcerningBCH risks deepening Canada’s shortage of three-bedroom and larger homes.
Build Canada Homes Just Got Clearer... And More ConcerningInstead of $11.8 billion by 2028-29, the Budget funds only $6.2 billion.
We Expected Little in the Federal Budget on Housing. We Got Less Than Expected.Toronto's five decades of condo growth, mapped
Toronto’s five decades of condo growth, mapped - The Globe and Mailwere snapped up by businesses or investors.
Toronto’s five decades of condo growth, mapped - The Globe and MailIndigenous Services Canada
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Homelessness and Social Housing FundingAffordable Housing Fund (AHF)
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada - Homelessness and Social Housing FundingApplying for the Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund – Municipal Direct Stream, to request grants used to help offset the cost of these initiatives and protect Peel services.
Regional Council approves historic motion to modernize infrastructure funding and accelerate housing development in Peel - peelregion.cathe most inherently progressive mode of arts writing.
In Defense of the Traditional Review | The New Yorker“CMHC is continuing its work with the town to assess the outcome of yesterday’s vote relative to their HAF agreement,” said CMHC spokesperson David Harris.
Tecumseh risks millions from Ottawa after shooting down four-unit plan | Windsor StarTecumseh accepted roughly $4.4 million from Ottawa’s Housing Accelerator Fund
Tecumseh risks millions from Ottawa after shooting down four-unit plan | Windsor StarMunicipal governments, such as Mississauga and Vaughan, made commitments to lower DCs.
Ontario’s Development Charge Crisis In 10 PointsPut it together, the sale of new homes is down by over 90% from the 2021 peak and by more than 80% from pre-pandemic levels.
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower Pricesrapidly increasing mortgage rates, a weak economy, the migration of families to other cities and provinces, and reduced population growth
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower Priceslower home prices reduce the viability of homebuilding
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower PricesThis can include exempting newly constructed homes from land transfer taxes, reforming development charges, and enhancing the HST New Housing Rebate, which can reduce costs by over 10%.
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower PricesThe oversized reduction can be attributed to an inherent “price floor” for new housing. Once a certain threshold is reached, prices are insufficient to cover the cost of building, and activity stops
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower Pricesthe sale of newly constructed and pre-construction homes has decreased by over 90% in the GTA in the last three years
Why Lower Construction Costs and Taxes Are the Only Path to More Homes and Lower PricesOttawa should apply the rebate toward the first $1-million of the price of a home, so that Canadians in higher-cost regions of the country benefit as well.
What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and Mailincentivize demand at a time when housing sales are at a more than 30-year low.
What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and MailStimulating demand in the short term is critical.
What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and Mailproviding faster approvals and cutting government-building costs.
What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and MailThe matter requires urgent, national attention to help more Canadians afford their own homes while building our economy.
What’s our generation’s nation-building, major infrastructure project? It’s housing - The Globe and Mailthey will recoup a portion of the lost revenue through increased building and spin-off economic activity.
British Columbia Can Substantially Lower Housing Costs with One Simple Trickinterest costs and margin requirements on developers stemming from how DCCs are structured and timed;
British Columbia Can Substantially Lower Housing Costs with One Simple TrickHowever, this is as low as the price can go; any lower and the developer will be unable to access financing from a lender.
British Columbia Can Substantially Lower Housing Costs with One Simple Trick$36,000 of these costs is attributed to interest expenses on those development charges,
British Columbia Can Substantially Lower Housing Costs with One Simple TrickHowever, since these per-unit development charge calculations are based on a series of assumptions, municipal governments can substantially increase or decrease development charge rates by tweaking the underlying assumptions.
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Askthis does not mean that development charges are necessarily the best way or most appropriate method of paying for infrastructure or that infrastructure has any real connection to the costs imposed by new homes
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskIn some cases, municipalities provide reductions or full exemptions to incentivize certain forms of non-residential development.
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskDCs can be determined based on a per-hectare basis
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskThe reason for this is that development charges are calculated on a 'per person charge,
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskHe and others point out that the high fees on new development mean buyers end up paying for local infrastructure at the highest possible rate, through private mortgages.
Ottawa calls development fees a housing tax, but without them, who pays for new infrastructure? - The Globe and MailWhat DCs don't pay for is anything hyper-local to a new development.
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Askare subject to GST, PST, and land transfer taxes
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskThe cost of development charges, along with the accrued interest, are incorporated into the cost of building housing
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Askin jurisdictions where there is a two-tier municipal government structure, each tier collects a separate set of charges based on its responsibilities
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to AskOntario municipalities are not legally required to use development charges, with 216 of 444 (48.6%) choosing to do so according to financial returns.
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Askthese taxes can add up to over $250,000 on even a relatively modest family home
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Asknon-municipalities in Ontario can also levy development charges, such as school boards (educational development charges) and GO Transit.
Ontario Development Charges: Everything You Wanted to Know But Were Afraid to Askthe introduction of a new option for developers to defer the payment of Development Cost Levies (DCLs) — the fees developers pay to fund supporting infrastructure, such as roads, sewers, and parks — by breaking them into three equal instalments over a period of up to 3.5 years, with the first payment due 1.5 years later when full construction begins, the second payment about a year later, and the final payment about another year after.
'At a reckoning point': Vancouver defers fees to prevent new housing slowdown | UrbanizedHomebuilders prefer on-demand surety bonds because they do not restrict a developer’s access to credit,
BC Gov NewsOn-demand surety bonds are financial guarantees that homebuilders provide to give assurances that they will fulfil their construction contract.
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