Zoning Orders News Today

Ontario proposed Wednesday to allow municipalities to enact "use it or lose it" policies on developers, speed up the creation of student housing, and streamline approvals for standardized housing designs as it seeks new paths to reach its goal of building 1.5 million homes.

Ontario proposed this week to allow municipalities to enact "use it or lose it" policies on developers, speed ...

Ontario proposed this week to allow municipalities to enact "use it or lose it" policies on developers, speed ...

Caledon’s Mayor Annette Groves is utilizing her Ontario-appointed “strong mayor” powers to accelerate the development of 35,000 homes in 12 different projects across the community.

Requests from Mississauga officials to “consider rescinding” MZOs issued earlier this year allowing a 50-storey tower and major expansion of a waterfront development appear to have been disregarded by the Ford government.

As controversy around Minister's Zoning Orders continues, the province is planning to use the tool to protect emergency flight paths for hospitals in downtown Toronto.

In a dramatic reversal, the Province of Ontario has announced that it will not be pursuing the division of the Region of Peel.

Wednesday's announcement of plans to reverse an earlier move to dissolve the upper-tier municipality of Peel Region is the latest in a long series of policy backtracks for Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government.

Ontario Premier Doug Fords government announced plans Wednesday to reverse an earlier move to dissolve the upper-tier municipality of Peel Region, which would have left Mississauga, Brampton and Caledon standing on their own. It is the latest in a long series of policy backtracks for Ford. Here is a partial list of those reversals:

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is working to determine which developers have failed to take advantage of minister's zoning orders to begin building.