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TORONTO — Ontario should speed up new housing approvals, increase skilled trade immigration, and ``rein in'' municipalities introducing varying green building standards, a residential builders' group is telling the government.The…

The residential construction industry raised more than $1.4 million for construction of two projects in Toronto that provide housing to those who are experiencing homelessness or at risk of experiencing homelessness.The funds were…

Toronto and Ottawa can now enact bylaws with the support of a minority of councillors and the provincial government can appoint certain regional chairs, with the passage Thursday of a ``strong mayor'' law that caps off a whirlwind of widely…

TORONTO — Ontario is planning to extend further ``strong mayor'' powers to the leaders of Toronto and Ottawa, and is reviewing the role of regional governments, in new legislation the opposition decries as antidemocratic.The bill…

Toronto Mayor John Tory says he will use so-called strong mayor powers to create a new division at city hall to streamline housing development.We need to get more housing built faster. As promised in my Five Point Housing Plan, we…

TORONTO – Ontario municipalities are concerned that parts of the province's new housing legislation may actually hamper growth and download excessive burdens to them and their taxpayers.One aspect of a large bill introduced Tuesday by…

TORONTO – Reducing developer charges, allowing more units on one residential lot, and pursuing rent-to-own programs are among a host of measures Ontario announced Tuesday aimed at tackling the housing crisis.The Progressive Conservative…

OTTAWA – Buying a home has become more unaffordable for Canadians even as housing prices fall, according to new reports from the parliamentary budget officer and RBC.The PBO's house price assessment, published on Thursday, says the…

The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is calling on all three levels of government to tackle the housing supply and affordability crisis by immediately adopting a series of recommendations aimed at speeding up…