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Toronto's Proposed Municipal Non-Resident Speculation Tax

Toronto is considering implementing a new tax measure that could significantly affect foreign buyers interested in the city's residential real estate ...
Jan 2024
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Bad Faith Renovictions:

Hamilton to be the first city in Ontario to implement a bylaw to hinder renovictions The City of Hamilton (“City”) is making further efforts to combat the elevated housing crisis that Canadians are continuing to experience ...
Jan 2024
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Update to Tarion: New Enrolment Fee Schedule

Tarion has recently announced that there will be upcoming changes to the schedule of new enrolment fees effective as of January 1, 2024. The enrolment...
Nov 2023
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New Federal Agreement to Fast Track 1,200 Housing Units in Kitchener

On November 3, 2023 the Government of Canada and the City of Kitchener announced that they had reached an agreement to provide funding to Kitchener to...
Nov 2023
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Affordable Housing: Proposed Legislation Update

Affordable housing, Bill 134, Affordable homes and good jobs act, development, Development Charge Act, housing income, development charge, rental hous...
Oct 2023
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Condominiums: The Treatment of Shared Facility and Other Post-Incorporation Agreements

When a Condo is created, numerous other agreements are registered against title to set out how the condo shall be run. Shared Facilities Agreements ar...
Sep 2023
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Condo Rentals 101: A Guide to Short-Term and Long-Term Rentals in 2023

Canada’s rich natural beauty and distinct culture have made it an admired destination for tourists. Toronto, Vancouver, and Montreal are some of...
Jul 2023
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Ontario’s Plan to Dissolve Peel May Signal What’s Next for the Region of Waterloo

The Ontario government recently announced its intent to split up the Regional Municipality of Peel. The move would leave Mississauga, Brampton, and Ca...
Jun 2023
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Toronto Adopts New Zoning and By-law Amendments Allowing Four-Unit Multiplexes City-Wide

Last year, we posted an article on the role of inclusionary zoning and its impact on residential developments. We also posted a follow-up article...
May 2023
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What Bill 97, Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 Might Mean for Developers

Ontario has announced new policy and legislative changes that are intended to address housing supply and affordability. On April 6, 2023, the provinci...
May 2023
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Brampton City Councillors Reject Proposed Residential Development

Urban Densification Presenting Increased Challenges in Peel Region In Ontario, questions of housing unaffordability and unavailability have been dominating headlines and legislative reform. In Brampton, this issue is ...
Mar 2023
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Unpacking Bill 23: Making Sense of the New Planning and Development Approval Process

How does the introduction of Bill 23 (The More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022), impact the roles of players in the local development process? What is Bill 23? On October 25, 2022, the Government of Ontario introduced The More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 (“the Act”). This is the ...
Mar 2023
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Ontario’s New Housing Supply Action Plan: Bill 23 - The More Homes Built Faster Act

Sweeping legislative and regulatory reforms coming soon The Province of Ontario is in an ongoing crisis of home unavailability and unaffordability. Among other measures, on October 25, 2022, the Government ...
Nov 2022
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Is Halifax Expropriating a Developers Land? Supreme Court of Canada Orders Trial to Find Out

The law of de facto expropriation and property rights in Canada: A review of Annapolis Group Inc v Halifax Regional Municipality Annapolis Group (“the Group”) is a Halifax developer. They have owned about 1000 acres of land in the Blue Mountain Birch Cove Lakes area ...
Nov 2022
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An Overview of Condominium Conversions: What You Need to Know

Waterloo Region Official Plan, Ayr Meadows Developments and Tenant Rights Did you know that land owners are able to convert existing buildings into condominiums? For example, a land owner is able to convert their existing re...
Nov 2022
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Ontario to Permit Mid-Rise Wood Frame Buildings up to 6 Storeys as of January 1, 2015

Through amendments to the Building Code introduced by Ontario Regulation 191/14, Ontario will increase the permissible height of wood frame buildings ...
Dec 2014
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Municipal Bonusing: “Obvious undue advantage” remains the threshold, but still little judicial guidance on how municipalities should draw the line

Section 106 of the Ontario Municipal Act, 2001 is a much worried about “anti-bonusing” provision of broad application. It is wor...
Nov 2014
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Recovering No-Fault Clean Up Costs Post Kawartha Lakes

Recovering No-Fault Clean Up Costs Post Kawartha Lakes A recent decision of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Kawartha Lakes (City) v. Ontario (E...
May 2014
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Ontario’s Draft PPS Policies and the Greening of Provincial Policy

As part of its consultations on the development of a new Provincial Policy Statement (“PPS”), Ontario’s Ministry of Municipal Affair...
Feb 2014
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Land Acquisitions: Three Unique Ontario Land Use Controls to Consider

Real estate developers in Canada and the United States will all be familiar with the due diligence issues that are common to most jurisdictions during...
Feb 2014
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