Home prices have risen by 31 per cent in Grey Bruce-Owen Sound from December 2020 to December 2021, according to Canadian Real Estate Association figures. That’s the same percentage as Toronto.Article content
“It really is that what happened in the city previously is starting to happen in rural Ontario,” he said. “What has happened over time is housing affordability and availability, it’s been long viewed as that urban issue with affordability often seen to be more achievable in rural communities, and it’s just no longer the case.”
Robin Jones, mayor of the village of Westport in eastern Ontario and chair of the Rural Ontario Municipal Association, said two areas the province could address are land-use planning rules about where rural settlements can be built, and landlord and tenant rules. Henry Wall, the chief administrative officer of the Kenora District Services Board, said one way the province could help speed up housing development is to constrain the ability to appeal housing developments or at least streamline the process.Article content
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The province needs to take a bigger role in growing towns. We’re in a long term population growth period that will last 100+ years. Cities can’t be dragging their feets because the don’t like this or that. Too freekin bad. Build housing.
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