Homes You Can Afford in the Communities You Love Act, 2026
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- Requires the Minister to collect yearly data on housing units built, including bedroom mix and price ranges in $50,000 increments
- Requires the data to be published on a government website within 90 days after each year ends
- Requires official plans to allow up to four residential units in detached, semi-detached houses or rowhouses, and buildings up to four storeys
- Requires official plans in larger municipalities to allow six to 11 storey midrise housing on major streets and transit corridors, if servicing capacity exists
- Removes most rights to appeal these new housing policies, except appeals brought by the Minister
- Bans official plans and by-laws from blocking four or fewer units, imposing minimum lot sizes, or limiting buildings to four storeys or less
- Bans requiring parking spaces for buildings with four or more units and bans minimum setback rules for four to six unit buildings