{"id":544673,"date":"2026-03-18T14:37:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544673\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:37:08","slug":"development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/544673\/","title":{"rendered":"Development charge incentive program extended in Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 Mississauga City Council has approved a <a href=\"https:\/\/pub-mississauga.escribemeetings.com\/Meeting.aspx?Id=ad8491b6-71b9-4832-a12a-3af277d9a433&amp;Agenda=Agenda&amp;lang=English&amp;Item=37&amp;Tab=attachments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">motion<\/a>\u00a0to extend the city\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2026\/03\/rfq-issued-for-brockville-correctional-complex-and-st-lawrence-valley-centre-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">development charges<\/a>\u00a0incentive program through Dec. 31, 2027, giving the development industry an additional year to \u201ctake advantage of the incentives so they can continue planning and delivering much-needed housing for Mississauga families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program launched in January 2025 and was \u201cenhanced\u201d in February of this year, a release reads.<\/p>\n<p>It offers the following development charge reductions for residential properties:<\/p>\n<p>50 per cent for all residential unit types<br \/>\n100 per cent for purpose-built apartment rental units<br \/>\nApplies to one-bedroom plus den, two-bedroom or three-bedroom units<br \/>\n25-year rental tenure agreement required<\/p>\n<p>When the program launched, it included a Nov.13, 2026 deadline to pull building permits.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to be eligible for the incentives, developers have until Dec. 31, 2027 to pull a building permit, the release adds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/publication\/partners-in-homebuilding-mayors-housing-task-force-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mississauga.ca\/housing-taskforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 Mississauga City Council has approved a motion\u00a0to extend the city\u2019s\u00a0development charges\u00a0incentive program through Dec. 31,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-544673","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544673","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=544673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}