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Toronto Development Charges 101

Development charges play a significant role in shaping the cost and pace of new housing in Toronto, with a direct impact on market affordability. Our latest blog explores how these fees affect housing creation and to arm readers with the basics on how they work.

05.11.2024

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Avenues for Change

Starting June 24, Toronto will be holding consultations to review its policies for Avenues, mid-rise and mixed-use areas. The proposal for the Avenues Policy Review improves upon the current Avenues Policies in the Official Plan, but there is room for improvement. This is the first major update to the Avenues policies in the Official Plan in more than 20 years, and this opportunity shouldn’t go to waste.

22.06.2024

Analysis

PRESS RELEASE: Ford Government Prioritizes NIMBY Interests, Compromising Affordability and Betraying Future Generations

TORONTO, March 21, 2024 – More Neighbours Toronto (MNTO), a leading housing advocacy group, is disappointed by Premier Ford’s recent comments dismissing denser development and his decision to scrap the recommendations for fourplexes and four storeys from his own Housing Affordability Task Force.

21.03.2024

Press Releases

PRESS RELEASE: More Neighbours Toronto Urges Federal Housing Minister to Reject Toronto's Inadequate Proposal to the Housing Accelerator Fund

MNTO is calling on the Federal Housing Minister, Sean Fraser, to reject the city’s submission on the grounds that it fails to meet the urgency and scale required to address Toronto's housing crisis.

14.12.2023

Press Releases

Where are Toronto's New Mid-rises?

Since 2010, only 115 residential mid-rises have been built in the City of Toronto. That’s fewer than 10 per year. We should be seeing far more mid-rise construction given the current need for new housing. Rightly responding to this need, City Planning will be consulting on the Mid-Rise Rear Transition Standards on September 20 from 10:30 am - 12 pm or 7:30 pm - 8 pm.

11.09.2023

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Our Thoughts on the Final Multiplex Proposal

We are happy to say that the final proposal is a completely different story. Thanks to all of you who voiced support for housing through the consultations, the proposed zoning and official plan amendments contains many of our key requests.

20.04.2023

Analysis

Press Release: Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act a great move on tenant protections, but encourages sprawl without encouraging intensification

TORONTO – Today on April 6, 2023, Ontario Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Steve Clark announced the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act. The Act brings about major improvements to the Landlord and Tenant Board and enforcement of tenant rights, addressing some concerns raised by tenants and tenant advocates for a long time such as greater LTB processing capacity, right to install air conditioning, and a crackdown on frivolous renovictions.

06.04.2023

Press Releases

Press Release - Housing Accelerator Fund Provides Big Carrot, but Sticks are Needed

Toronto - Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the details behind the $4 billion Housing Accelerator Fund. Municipalities will be able to apply for funding to enact systemic housing reforms, including ending exclusionary zoning, permitting greater density (with the level of funding tied to the amount of density allowed).

17.03.2023

Press Releases

Making Sense of the Multiplex Proposal

Toronto’s draft plan for legalizing multiplexes is out. On the surface, it’s what More Neighbours has been asking for: permit four storeys and four units as-of-right on residential properties city-wide. In the details, however, it’s a little more complicated. This is incremental change with room for improvement.

13.02.2023

Analysis

Letter to Council on CC2.1 - 2023 Housing Action Plan

More Neighbours Toronto welcomes and supports the proposed "2023 Housing Action Plan" proposed by Mayor Tory. In addition to the long overdue step of legalizing and regulating multi-tenant homes, this action plan will start work on proposals to challenge the exclusionary planning policies that have dominated council for the past decades.

12.12.2022

Letters