Ontario, feds make progress on housing deal but disagree on infrastructure funds

Ontario remains at odds with the federal government over charging homebuilders for new infrastructure, but a meeting between the two housing ministers seems to have brought the province closer to securing $357 million in funding for affordable housing.Ontario Housing Minister Paul Calandra made a funding announcement with Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe on May 22, 2024, the morning after Calandra met with his federal counterpart.

While Ontario's Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Paul Calandra was in the capital this week to announced a $9.5-million investment in supportive housing units, he met with his federal counterpart to plead his case. "Without sewer and water, we can't build you anything," he told CBC on Wednesday. "We are hearing that loud and clear."Municipalities convinced the province to ease the restrictions to the per-unit charges in its soon-to-be-implemented Bill 185, said Calandra. He sent those arguments up the chain to Fraser.

Spokesperson Micaal Ahmed wrote in a statement that Fraser "understood" the province's position, but "underlined that he cannot ignore that development charges make building homes significantly more expensive and that raising them during a housing crisis is counterproductive."A spokesperson for Sean Fraser, the minister of housing, infrastructure and communities, says Fraser and Calandra have made some progress, but remain at odds over development charges.

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