Ontario is considering revising its tallies of how many homes are built in cities and towns across the province, after some complained that undercounting has cost them millions in provincial funding.Ontario is considering revising its tallies of how many homes are built in cities and towns across the province, after some complained that undercounting has cost them millions in provincial funding.
But the Ontario's Big City Mayors group says there are discrepancies between the CMHC data and their own internal counts, and for four municipalities that were close to qualifying for funding it meant losing out on $23.3 million. Calandra acknowledged at a legislative committee hearing earlier this month that at the same time the province was engaged in a dispute with the federal government over how it was counting affordable homes built in Ontario, he was hearing concerns from municipalities about the province's own tracking of their housing progress.
Ontario has not yet met any of its annual targets toward its goal of 1.5 million homes, though it came very close last year after it started counting long-term care beds.