Bill 162 promotes expensive…

Bill 162 promotes expensive and unnecessary suburban sprawl. What it doesn't do is direct limited housing construction resources and dollars to build the various types of affordable housing Ontarians need where they live.
The Bill:
-forces municipalities to expand their urban boundaries and open up already scarce natural areas and farmland to development;
-incentivizes developers to invest scarce construction labour and materials in building bigger, more expensive homes far away from where people live;
-diverts precious public dollars towards building expensive public infrastructure into areas where it's not needed.
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(If adopted, this Bill will reduce the number of homes that can be built to meet our housing needs. Ontario needs government action to maximize housing output by building the diverse housing types Ontarians need at affordable prices within existing towns and cities.)