[innsertnamehere]

It would be tweaked at a minimum to match the legislative maximums for IZ implemented in the Planning Act which were well below the City's standards set out in most of the PMTSA OPAs.

 

[HousingNowTO]

All 120 PMSTAs approved.

Inclusionary zoning remains.

Ontario Newsroom

news.ontario.ca

From the above:

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Waiting on a backgrounder to see if the proving tweaked anything.

Correction on some of those site-counts.

Decision summary​

A decision was made on August 15th, 2025, to modify and approve (in part), the City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment 570, as adopted by By-law 889-2022.

A decision has been withheld on part of the amendment.

The approved Official Plan Amendment 570 establishes forty-nine (49) protected major transit station areas.

A decision was withheld by the Minister on the following protected major transit station areas:

1.) East Harbour
2.) Gerrard-Carlaw
3.) Scarborough Centre
4.) Yonge-Steeles
5.) Guildwood
6.) Long Branch
7.) Scarborough GO
8.) Exhibition

Source LINK - https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-5937

 

[Northern Light]

Correction on some of those site-counts.

Decision summary​

A decision was made on August 15th, 2025, to modify and approve (in part), the City of Toronto Official Plan Amendment 570, as adopted by By-law 889-2022.

A decision has been withheld on part of the amendment.

The approved Official Plan Amendment 570 establishes forty-nine (49) protected major transit station areas.

A decision was withheld by the Minister on the following protected major transit station areas:

1.) East Harbour
2.) Gerrard-Carlaw
3.) Scarborough Centre
4.) Yonge-Steeles
5.) Guildwood
6.) Long Branch
7.) Scarborough GO
8.) Exhibition

Source LINK - https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-5937

Thanks for that.

@ProjectEnd will wish to comment.

I will have a look see.

 

[ProjectEnd]

While in theory I like the idea of things like IZ, in the most bloodbath development environment we've seen in decades, this is going to kill viability on so many things going forward.

BTW, OPA 540 has the juice if you're looking for technical info: https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/019-5936

 

[innsertnamehere]

IZ is bad policy, IMO. Better off having direct funding from the government to build affordable housing at scale more similar to the CHMC programs currently in place. More units can be delivered more affordably that way without burdening market homebuyers. The more equitable and fair way of doing it would be to create a city-initiated fund for developers to apply for affordable housing funding through which is based on a property tax levy.. but hey, that's, just, like, my opinion man..

The IZ framework the province has in place is that the units are held as affordable for "only" 25 years and only up to 5% of units maximum, IIRC - so it's been greatly watered down from the City's original policy. Still a significant financial hit, but it's a lot smaller than it would have been.

 

[Northern Light]

From the Registry:

Link to Decision:

https://prod-environmental-registry.s3.amazonaws.com/2025-08/Decision%20-%20City%20of%20Toronto%20OPA%20570.pdf

 

[Northern Light]

I spoke of Dave Brown, owner of Fearless Meats in the Upper Beach area and his plans for affordable housing on his properties.

The Star has a fabulous article on this and I highly commend it to everyone

This restaurant owner says he’s tired of waiting — he’s spending millions to help Toronto’s homeless

'It's a legacy project for me': Fearless Meat owner David Brown wants to build a 100-unit affordable housing complex over his restaurant to help end homelessness.

www.thestar.com

Just a couple of tidbits from the above:

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* for clarity there is no housing currently present, but there is an approved funding enveloped for 50 units.

For the rest, follow the link.

 

[HousingNowTO]

Talked to TORONTO TODAY about the impacts of the recent PMTSA sign-offs by the Province on new Affordable Housing delivery...

Mark Richardson, founder of HousingNowTO, an affordable housing advocacy organization, has reservations about the policy.

“Inclusionary zoning is like religious tithing,” he said. “It only works when everyone is in a very strong economy.”

Because the condo market is underwater and the new policy doesn’t yet apply to purpose-built rentals — where developers are increasingly putting their resources — it’s unlikely to yield more affordable units in the short term, Richardson said.

ARTICLE - https://www.torontotoday.ca/local/c...ransform-housing-near-transit-beyond-11098066

 

[GameOnBrad]

Announcements for Today:

"As Build Canada Homes begins to develop public land sites under Canada Lands Company’s portfolio, it will prioritize innovative, factory-built housing. To begin, Build Canada Homes will prioritize six sites to build 4,000 factory-built homes on federal land – with additional capacity of up to 45,000 units across the portfolio. In these projects, it will deploy a “direct-build” approach, overseeing and leading construction projects focused on affordable mixed-income communities. This first tranche of sites will be in Dartmouth, Longueuil, Ottawa, Toronto, Winnipeg, and Edmonton."

Ana Bailão has been selected as the CEO of Build Canada Homes.

Prime Minister Carney launches Build Canada Homes to supercharge homebuilding across the country

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, launched Build Canada Homes – a new federal agency that will build affordable housing at scale.

www.pm.gc.ca