The Province’s proposed cap…

The Province’s proposed cap on affordable units precludes the ability of the City to establish a “made-in-Pickering” approach that would be the result of the detailed analysis expected from the Assessment Report currently being prepared by the Regional Municipality of Durham.

The proposal for the Province to establish the “affordability period” essentially disregards the detailed analysis undertaken through an Assessment Report and removes the flexibility for a “made-in Pickering” approach.

It is recommended that the Province continue to enable municipalities to define the number of units and the associated affordability period for IZ units based on the detailed, municipality-specific, work undertaken through the Assessment Report.

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