Ontario eases planning rules to accelerate home construction
Thursday, May 8, 2025, 7:21 am
The Ontario government is set to overhaul municipal planning regulations, aiming to speed up home construction. By slashing bureaucratic red tape and standardizing development charges, policymakers hope to nip housing shortages in the bud—even if it means bending the rules just a little.
The government is relying on a series of changes, like reducing studies developers have to undertake and standardizing development charges, in a bid to speed up homebuilding.
As part of a bill set to be tabled next week, the government will allow the Ministry of Infrastructure to issue Minister’s Zoning Orders for some developments.
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