Ontario proposes to boost housing supply by changing Toronto area growth plan
Ontario is proposing changes to the Greater Golden Horseshoe’s growth plan that the government says would make it easier and faster to build housing.
The government says the changes would come while maintaining protections for the Greenbelt, an area designated to keep environmentally sensitive land from urban development.
The Ontario government has updated the Golden Horseshoe growth plan ? arguably paving the way for more urban sprawl. Photo by Haljackey via Wikimedia Commons.
Critics have suggested the Progressive Conservative government wants to open the door to Greenbelt development, but it has denied that charge.
Premier Doug Ford generated controversy during last year’s election campaign when he initially pledged to open parts of the area to build housing ? a promise he backtracked on after facing intense criticism. But the NDP and the Green party accuse the government of putting Greenbelt protections at risk through omnibus legislation introduced late last year aimed at cutting red tape.
Proposed changes to the growth plan that the government announced Tuesday include some eased density targets.
The previous targets, introduced by the former Liberal government as anti-sprawl measures, had been blamed by some critics for a housing supply shortage in the Toronto area.
The Liberal plan said that any future projects on undeveloped land would have to accommodate more people and jobs ? a minimum of 80 per hectare ? with higher density targets around GO Transit ...
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