The Ontario government wants to “remove rules that prevent missing middle” housing — multi-dwelling units curbed by local zoning laws favouring single-family homes.
Premier Doug Ford’s government will override local municipal zoning to allow duplexes and triplexes across Ontario as part of sweeping new housing legislation, the Star has learned.
“You have to have bold, transformative change in the immediate and long term,” Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark said in an interview Thursday.two- and three-unit homes in existing houses provided the same square footage is retained — so no extensions or additional floors without municipal permission.
It says the government is “streamlining approvals and removing barriers” by conservation authorities . About one-quarter of those — 375,000 — will be built in Toronto and Ottawa, necessitating the need for what Clark called “gentle intensification” to increase density. That means “removing planning approvals for certain upper tier municipalities,” according to the leaked cabinet submission.are defined as “upper tier,” including the regional governments of Peel, York, Durham, Halton, Waterloo, and Niagara.
Clark said next week’s legislation complements his September bill that gave “strong-mayor” powers to Toronto and Ottawa, Ontario’s two largest cities.
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