{"id":171223,"date":"2026-08-17T17:43:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171223\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T17:43:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T17:43:13","slug":"canada-and-ontario-invest-1b-in-rural-housing-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/171223\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada and Ontario invest $1B in rural housing infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"

“None of NOMA’s 37 member municipalities collect development charges, yet they still face significant costs to build and renew roads, bridges, water systems, and other critical infrastructure,” Dumas said.<\/p>\n

Filling the gap for rural and northern communities<\/p>\n

Robin Jones, Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO) president and mayor of Westport, welcomed the announcement as a recognition of “the unique pressures facing rural, small and northern communities.”<\/p>\n

The Ontario government said the MHIP has, since its 2024 launch, supported approximately 800,000 new homes and protected approximately 375,000 existing homes across the province.<\/p>\n

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An analysis from Royal Bank<\/a> of Canada suggests Canada’s housing market recovery remains uneven, while Sarah Albert of Premiere Mortgage Centre reports renewed buyer activity and strong demand for quality listings in New Brunswick.https:\/\/t.co\/7F9YgjkiCI<\/a><\/p>\n


\n\u2014 Canadian Mortgage Professional Magazine (@CMPmagazine) August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

What this means for housing supply and buyers<\/p>\n

Broker reaction to development charge reform has been measured since the Partnership to Build was first unveiled. Toronto-based broker Matthew O’Neil of Connolly Capital previously told Canadian Mortgage Professional<\/a> that government-backed relief does not automatically translate to lower prices for buyers.<\/p>\n

“The problem with pre-con pricing is that even after this new rebate, it’s still priced way higher than resale,” O’Neil said.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“None of NOMA’s 37 member municipalities collect development charges, yet they still face significant costs to build and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171224,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,42890,667,54677],"class_list":["post-171223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-canadian-housing-market","tag-development-charges","tag-non-development-charge-municipalities-stream-non-dc-stream-of-the-canada-ontario-partnership"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171223\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}