Act
Proposed Changes to the Ontario Heritage Act and its regulations: the Proposed More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022
Regulation Number(s):
O.Reg. 9/06
Instrument Type:
Act
Bill or Act:
Ontario Heritage Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. O.18
Summary of Decision:
Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, received Royal Assent on November 28, 2022. The Act amends the Ontario Heritage Act (OHA) and its regulations to reduce red tape and remove barriers that are slowing down housing construction and other priority projects while continuing to conserve heritage properties that matter most to local communities.
Analysis of Regulatory Impact:
If passed, the changes resulting from Schedule 6 of the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022 and accompanying proposed regulatory changes would primarily impact municipalities, with some impacts to ministries and prescribed public bodies.
Work is currently underway to analyze possible administrative and other compliance costs to municipalities and other impacted stakeholders that may result from this proposal. To inform this analysis, we encourage you to provide your feedback.
Work is currently underway to analyze possible administrative and other compliance costs to municipalities and other impacted stakeholders that may result from this proposal. To inform this analysis, we encourage you to provide your feedback.
Further Information:
Link to Environmental Registry
Proposal Number:
22-MCM001
Posting Date:
October 25, 2022
Summary of Proposal:
Ontario needs more housing, and we need it now. That's why the Ontario government is taking bold and transformative action to get 1.5 million homes built over the next 10 years.
To support More Homes Built Faster: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan 2022-23, the government introduced the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, which, if passed, would ensure that cities, towns, and rural communities grow with a mix of ownership and rental housing types that meet the needs of all Ontarians.
These changes are providing a solid foundation to address Ontario's housing supply crisis over the long term and will be supplemented by continued action in the future.
Building on changes from the 2019 Housing Supply Action Plan: More Homes, More Choice, the government is proposing to make the following legislative and regulatory changes to the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the More Homes Built Faster: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan 2022-23. The goal of the proposed changes is to renew and update heritage policies, some of which haven't been reviewed in over a decade, to reduce red tape and remove barriers that are slowing down housing construction and other priority projects while continuing to conserve and commemorate key heritage properties that matter most to local communities.
To support More Homes Built Faster: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan 2022-23, the government introduced the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, which, if passed, would ensure that cities, towns, and rural communities grow with a mix of ownership and rental housing types that meet the needs of all Ontarians.
These changes are providing a solid foundation to address Ontario's housing supply crisis over the long term and will be supplemented by continued action in the future.
Building on changes from the 2019 Housing Supply Action Plan: More Homes, More Choice, the government is proposing to make the following legislative and regulatory changes to the Ontario Heritage Act as part of the More Homes Built Faster: Ontario's Housing Supply Action Plan 2022-23. The goal of the proposed changes is to renew and update heritage policies, some of which haven't been reviewed in over a decade, to reduce red tape and remove barriers that are slowing down housing construction and other priority projects while continuing to conserve and commemorate key heritage properties that matter most to local communities.
Contact Address:
Royal Assent Date:
November 28, 2022
Decision:
Approved