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From one of Canada’s tallest condo towers to bare tracts of land, residential development projects across the country are increasingly be pushed into receivership. The One condominium and hotel is pictured under construction at the intersection of Yonge St. and Bloor St in Toronto, on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. The One was set to be Canada’s first supertall skyscraper, but was placed into receivership ...

After 100 years of regulating roads in Ontario, the coming discussion over e-scooter regulation shows there's still much to learn

Craig Meerkamper traces the history of Metrolinx advertising campaigns about the much-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, leading up to the extraordinarily hostile reactions to its latest ads.

Greater Toronto home sales rose 11.5 per cent last month compared with December 2022 as the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board says it expects 2024 to bring a rebound in activity following a year plagued by unaffordability.

A modular housing development in North York for people exiting homelessness can go ahead as planned, the province’s land planning tribunal has ruled.

Housing "cannot be a political football" and Premier Doug Ford has fumbled the file so badly that home ownership will be even more unaffordable for Ontarians, says a scathing public letter from the Building Industry and Land Development Association.

The Government of Ontario is responding to feedback from its municipal partners and is taking steps to clarify and enhance collaborative efforts to build at least 1.5 million homes across the province by 2031, protect frontline services, and keep costs down for taxpayers.

The new financial deal announced Monday will also see the province taking full control of the Ontario Place redevelopment plan.

Today, Paul Calandra, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, released the following statement:

“When it comes to building at least 1.5 million new homes by 2031, we need all hands on deck.

The Federation of Canadian Municipalities says new research it commissioned finds municipalities would need $600 billion in infrastructure funding to help support construction of 5.8 million homes by 2030.
That's the number of homes the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp. says Canada needs to build to restore affordability.