Ontario Opens Applications for Program Linking Development Charge Cuts to Infrastructure Funding

Housing affordability is a step closer with Ontario development charge reductions

Provincial and federal collaboration, writes Dave Wilkes, means homebuilders can ramp up construction projects, giving new home buyers more supply, choice and affordability.

Development Charge Reduction Program Report Added to Monday’s Agenda

Earlier this week the Province of Ontario announced details and timelines for the new Canada-Ontario Development Charge Reduction Program, a federal and provincial program that aims to reduce municipal development charges to accelerate building homes. A time-sensitive decision is required. The program allows municipalities that agree to reduce their development charges by 30-50% for a period of three years to apply for infrastructure funding tha…

Ontario and Canada launch $8.8 billion development charge reduction program to boost housing supply

The Ontario and federal governments have opened applications for a new multi-billion-dollar program aimed at lowering the cost of building homes and accelerating housing development across municipalities. The Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP), announced by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing, is part of an up to $8.8 billion joint federal-provincial funding initiative designed to support housing-enabling infrastructure over a…

Ontario opens applications for program linking development charge cuts to infrastructure funding

Canadian and Design Construction writer Applications are being accepted for the Development Charge Reduction Program (DCRP), intended to reduce building costs and speed up the construction of new homes. Federal […]