Homes You Can Afford in the Communities You Love Act, 2026

SUMMARY FROM THE OFFICIAL REGISTRY

What you need to know

The Bill makes various amendments to the Planning Act . The Act is amended to require the Minister to collect data on housing units that are being built or have been completed in the Province in each year. The Act is amended to require official plans to contain policies authorizing, in areas of settlement, the use of up to four residential units in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse as well as multi-unit residential buildings of up to four stories. Official plans must also contain policies that authorize, in areas of settlement, midrise housing developments ranging from six to 11 stories on major streets, including along transit corridors, in single-tier and lower-tier municipalities with a population of at least 100,000 people. The amendments provide that there are no appeals in respect of such policies, with the exception of appeals by the Minister. The Act is amended to provide that official plans and zoning by-laws may not have the effect of prohibiting the use of four or fewer residential units on specified parcels of urban residential land. They also may not impose a floor-to-area ratio on residential buildings or residential structures that contain three to six residential units, may not prohibit residential buildings or residential structures from being four or fewer storeys in height, may not impose a minimum setback distance for residential buildings or residential structures that contain four to six residential units, and may not require parking spaces to be provided in connection with residential buildings or residential structures that contain at least four residential units.

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