Ontario’s 1.5-million-home goal runs into a rulebook problem

Ontario is on pace to fall well short of its goal of building at least 1.5 million new homes by 2031, the Toronto Region Board of Trade warns. Its proposed fix is regulatory: change the rules that shape what can be built and how.

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The Board is urging the province to amend zoning rules and the Ontario Building Code to spur housing growth. The case is about more than supply: “The housing gap has become one of the most significant constraints on the...