Help Cities Accelerate Housing Construction

Overly complex, backlogged, and under-resourced municipal zoning and permitting systems are slowing the pace of building much-needed homes.

A re-elected Liberal government will:

• Invest $4 billion in a new Housing Accelerator Fund which will grow the annual housing supply in the country’s largest cities every year, creating a target of 100,000 new middle class homes by 2024-25. This application-based fund will offer support to municipalities that: grow housing supply faster than their historical average; increase densification; speed-up approval times; tackle NIMBYism and establish inclusionary zoning bylaws; and encourage public transit-oriented development. This fund will support a wide range of eligible municipal investments, including red tape reduction efforts, and reward cities and communities that build more homes, faster.
• Help speed up the time it takes to build more homes by investing in e-permitting technology and help communities streamline the planning process.
• Work with municipalities to identify vacant or underused property that should be converted to housing on the principle of use it or lose it.