{"id":511535,"date":"2026-03-03T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511535\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:57:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:57:07","slug":"ontario-housing-coalition-urges-ottawa-and-queens-park-to-unlock-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511535\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario housing coalition urges Ottawa and Queen\u2019s Park to unlock demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sector calls for tax relief and financing tweaks<\/p>\n<p>The coalition urged Ottawa to \u201cexpand the GST sales tax rebate on new homes to all buyers\u201d and \u201cmodernize federal financing tools to support rental and missing middle ownership housing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It also called on the federal government to \u201crestore practicality to mortgage qualification rules\u201d and \u201camend the prohibition on foreign home buyers, with clear and enforceable guardrails.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At Queen\u2019s Park, the group pressed the province to \u201creform development charges and improve cost transparency,\u201d \u201cexpand the HST sales tax rebate on new homes to all buyers,\u201d \u201cend exclusionary zoning in large municipalities\u201d and \u201cremove municipal barriers to housing delivery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must act now through bold measures; the time for incremental steps is behind us,\u201d the sector leaders said, adding that they stand\u00a0ready \u201cto translate the recommendations found in our joint letter into real homes, real jobs, and lasting affordability for Canadians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stress\u2011test debate and stalled construction<\/p>\n<p>The push lands\u00a0as regulators continue\u00a0to wrestle with mortgage rules.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sector calls for tax relief and financing tweaks The coalition urged Ottawa to \u201cexpand the GST sales tax&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":511536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,203161,57765,20739,203160],"class_list":["post-511535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-housing-advancement-coalition","tag-ontario-housing","tag-ottawa","tag-toronto-regional-real-estate-board-trreb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=511535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/511535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/511536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=511535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=511535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=511535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}