With Ford’s government in one corner and city officials in the other, will Toronto’s green homebuilding measures survive the brewing battle?

With Ford’s government in one corner and city officials in the other, will Toronto’s green homebuilding measures survive the brewing battle?

The province says its new housing law is intended to prevent environmental standards from being imposed on developers. The city, however, says the law doesn't actually do that.

Toronto Announces Citywide Zoning Reforms | Canadian Real Estate Wealth

Announced in June, Toronto is taking major steps to address its housing supply crisis, pushing forward a suite of planning reforms that open the door to significant new residential development in low-rise neighbourhoods, along key transit corridors, and on existing apartment sites. These measures, approved by the City’s Planning and Housing Committee, are designed to support the Province of Ontario’s target of 285,000 new homes in Toronto by 203…