The Ontario government has tabled new legislation to fast-track housing, roads and infrastructure. If passed, the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025, will also reduce gridlock, relieve backlog at the Landlord and Tenant Board, and increase the rental housing supply.

“Our government is building a more prosperous, resilient and competitive economy by fighting costly delays and regulatory burdens that slow the delivery of homes, roads and infrastructure that communities need,” said Rob Flack, minister of municipal affairs and housing. “With tariffs and economic uncertainty taking aim at our economy, we’re working with municipal leaders and homebuilders to get shovels in the ground faster so we can build more homes and keep workers on the job.”

The legislation and related actions would:

• Reduce barriers to building homes and infrastructure by streamlining approvals and site plan control in time for the spring building season. Site plan control is a planning tool that municipalities use to evaluate certain site elements such as parking areas and landscaping, which the province is streamlining to create consistent standards and lower costs for building.
• Undertake a section-by-section review of the Ontario Building Code to reduce regulatory burdens and costs while maintaining safety.
• Address delays and support backlog reduction efforts at the Landlord and Tenant Board by improving the speed and fairness of processes, limiting bad actors from abusing the system and including new measures to help balance the rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants to encourage landlords to bring more rental housing online.
• Help cut red tape that is slowing down road construction by moving forward with a common set of road construction standards across all municipalities.
• Speed up decision-making and get shovels in the ground faster for water and wastewater in Peel Region by enabling a new public corporation model for Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon to deliver these services.
• Keep people and goods moving by prohibiting the reduction of vehicle lanes when municipalities install new bicycle lanes.
• Crack down on fraud in Ontario’s licensing system by strengthening eligibility requirements to get an Ontario driver’s licence.
• Help build housing for seasonal farm workers faster by making it easier to put septic systems in place on farm properties.