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ARTICLE · 14 NOVEMBER 2023

New "Affordable" Housing Definitions Proposed For Development Charge Exemptions

On September 28, 2023, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing introduced Bill 134, Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023.

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On September 28, 2023, the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing introduced Bill 134, Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023. The new legislation proposes to amend the Development Charges Act, 1997, for the purposes exempting affordable residential units from development charges. At this time, Bill 134 is in the second reading stage, with the ordered referred to Standing Committee of Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy on October 4, 2023.

If enacted, this new legislation will incorporate an income component into the definition of "affordable" housing and will provide an exemption from development charges for units that meet the new definitions. In 2022, Bill 23 had brought forward proposed definitions of "affordable" that was exclusively based on 80 percent of average market rents and prices for the purposes of exemptions, though that definition has not yet been brought into force. The approach to defining affordability set out in Bill 134 will be

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