Local Home Builders' Association chair welcomes provincial planning changes

Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra spoke at the 2024 Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) Conference, where he announced an updated Provincial Planning Statement.

The Chair of the Windsor Essex Home Builders' Association believes new changes announced by the provincial government when it comes to planning are a step in the right direction.

Housing minister Paul Calandra announced a new set of planning rules at the Association of Municipalities of Ontario conference this week, which he says will help more homes get built in communities across the province.

Calandra says the new Provincial Planning Statement builds on the government's Cutting Red Tape to Build More Homes Act by helping municipalities support growth through reducing and streamlining planning rules, simplifying approvals to build homes and eliminating duplication. 

Speaking on AM800's The Shift, Brent Klundert says these new rules are based on consultations with those in the home building industry.

"That in itself was promising, knowing that the minister was going out to industry to get their opinion of how things worked and what the hiccups were. The highlights of what was published are certainly things that our association has brought forward to the minister as things that would help," he said.

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