Ontario
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Rent supplements expand affordable supply
An increased allotment of rent supplements will expand Ontario’s universe of subsidized housing options over the next two years, while, simultaneously, more households are projected to fall into need.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Pier 4 REIT acquires large multi-res asset in London, ON
The REIT announced it has successfully completed the purchase of a multi‑residential asset comprising nine low‑rise buildings in the growing London market.
Canadian Property Management
Order of Ontario welcomes mortgage financier
Stephen J.R. Smith, founder and executive chair of First National Financial, has been named to the Order of Ontario, joining the select group of recipients who have merited the highest civilian honour the Province bestows.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Tenant status could figure in drug crackdown
Market-rate and subsidized tenants could pose differing liability threats for Ontario’s rental housing landlords under a looming crackdown on knowingly permitting illegal drug-related activity in their buildings.
Canadian Property Management
CDM finishing kick saves energy and face
Ontario’s 2021-2024 conservation and demand management framework fell short of its target, but an impressive finishing kick helped to reel the deficit back to a respectable gap.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Buy-Ontario procurement policies taking shape
Procurers and suppliers of construction products and services have been asked to weigh in on a new buy-Ontario mandate for that province’s government, municipalities and broader public sector.
REMI Network
Ontario invests $242M to upgrade postsecondary facilities
Ontario is investing in learning facilities at publicly funded colleges and universities to prepare students for in-demand careers.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Ontario proposes pause on inclusionary zoning
The province plans to put a pause on inclusionary zoning (IZ) requirements in Toronto, Mississauga, and Kitchener until July 1, 2027.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario looks to new sources for owed wages
The Ontario government is considering whether contractors should be held liable for subcontractors’ larceny when non-unionized construction workers go unpaid.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario scrutinizes private security provision
The Ontario government is contemplating changes that could mean more record-keeping obligations for landlords and property management firms with in-house security personnel.
Canadian Property Management
Ontario floats electricity pricing refinements
Electricity pricing refinements could be in the offing for the predominant share of Ontario’s commercial ratepayers who don’t qualify for possible cost savings through the Industrial Conservation Initiative.
Canadian Property Management
Standby generators tapped for relaxed oversight
More leniency could come with a package of proposed new rules for activities that currently oblige accountable parties to obtain environmental permissions from the Ontario government.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Life lease housing regs in the wings in Ontario
A newly tabled private member's bill from the Ontario government's own back benches represents the second time a Progressive Conservative MPP has proposed regulations for life lease housing.
REMI Network
Ontario proposes full HST rebate for first-time homebuyers
Ontario is proposing to rebate the full 8 per cent provincial portion of the HST for first-time home buyers who are purchasing new homes valued up to $1 million.
REMI Network
Municipalities earn failing grade for housing targets
Housing starts and sales decline across the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
Canadian Property Management
Energy charges Indigenous economic development
Ontario opens new round of funding for economic and community development initiatives tied to renewable energy, conservation and replacement of diesel-fired generation in remote First Nations.
REMI Network
Ontario invests additional $1.6B in housing infrastructure
Ontario is investing an additional $1.6 billion to speed up construction on homes and critical infrastructure. The announcement was made at the annual Association of
