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By Nicole Lanigan
Posted Monday, Jan 31, 2022 11:25 am

Premier Doug Ford kicks off housing summit with funding to help municipalities cut red tape

Ontario’s largest communities will get new funding to help speed up development approvals, Premier Doug Ford announced Wednesday as he met with municipal leaders to discuss ways to address the housing crisis.

Ford said his goal for the summit was to come up with concrete ways to allow more families to buy a home.

“While the solutions may seem obvious, implementing them takes a lot of hard work and determination,” he said in opening the virtual summit.

“We know we need to better standardize processes and procedures across regions, and we know we need to improve data collection and reporting so we can better track progress where we can do better."

A new $45-million Streamline Development Approval Fund will help the 39 largest municipalities approve housing applications more quickly, Ford said. As well, the province said it will work with municipalities to develop a data standard for planning and development applications that should speed up...[READ MORE]

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