This proposed change to the DC Act is important as it will determine what type of residential units will be exempt from Development Charges to be paid at the time of building permit issuance.
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Average market rate is still too high. Affordable isn't affordable. We need to create a standard floor price for the rental market and have the market compete with that - not have us compete with whatever the market has stated is a reasonable price
I was on ODSP when I was in Ontario, and could not afford anything. This proposal may help, but it does not seem to address how unaffordable housing is on ODSP. A person on ODSP or Ontario Works would still not be able to afford these apartments.
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Hi,
The draft comments reference:
The "Affordable Residential Units bulletin" but this bulletin cannot be found in any of the links.
Can you please provide a copy of this bulletin and information that it contains?
Thank you,
Bryan
It is a solid approach to link the decision on what is affordable based on the 30% principle for affordability and linkage to income percentiles.
In support of the approach.
I represent Trillium Housing, an organization that promotes and delivers ownership housing affordability through the provision of regular-payment-free, share equity mortgages. The federal First Time Home Buyers Incentive program was inspired by the Trillium Housing initiative.
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There has to be safe housing availably across the income spectrum. Whether you are a minimum wage earner or a sunshine list earner you have the right to safe, healthy affordable housing.
Youth Without Shelter supports the proposed changes however we have questions which are as follows:
• Are these affordable units eligible for Canada-Ontario Housing Benefit (COHB)? What will the wait times be? What is the criteria
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The ministry is being very misleading about ‘affordable’. The most recent definition is in the Provincial Policy Statement, and is defined as 30% of income. The ministry has proposed removing that definition. The definition currently in the DCA has not been enacted.
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The County of Bruce is generally supportive of the change to the definitions included in Bill 134 to introduce an income-based test for affordable rent and purchase price; and increasing the threshold for the market test of affordable rent and purchase price and utilizing the lesser of the two measu
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The Council of the City of Pickering has considered staff report PLN 36-23 regarding ERO posting 019-7669, at its meeting held on Monday, October 23, 2023.
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On October 25, 2026, Regional Council for The Regional Municipality of Waterloo approved report COR-CFN-23-033 with the following recommendation:
That the Regional Municipality of Waterloo endorse and submit to the Minister of
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The City of Mississauga is generally supportive of the proposed definition of affordable housing outlined in ERO 019-7669, because it includes an income-based metric to establish the maximum affordability thresholds.
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Please find attached AMO's submission to the Ministry in response to the open consultation on ERO 019-7669: Changes to the definition of an “Affordable Residential Unit” in the Development Charges Act, 1997 for the purpose of municipal development-related charge discounts and exemptions.
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Why does our current provincial government continue to choose to do something, do it so badly that the majority are upset about their decision then reverse it again?
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Please accept the attached letter from the County of Oxford in response to ERO Posting #019-7669 - Changes to the definition of an “Affordable Residential Unit” in the Development Charges Act, 1997 for the purpose of municipal development-related charge discounts and exemptions.
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I am writing on behalf of the Municipal Finance Officers’ Association of Ontario (MFOA), and the municipalities it serves, to provide comment on the proposed changes to the Development Charges Act, 1997 (DCA), under Bill 134, Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 (Bill 134).
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Hi, The draft comments…
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It is a solid approach to…
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