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Ontario leads way in movement to cut development charges

Toronto, Hamilton, Vaughan embrace sweeping reductions to create housing
An aerial view of the skyline of Toronto, a city that sharply reduced development charges under Ontario's new housing initiative. (Marcus Oleniuk/CoStar)
An aerial view of the skyline of Toronto, a city that sharply reduced development charges under Ontario's new housing initiative. (Marcus Oleniuk/CoStar)
CoStar News
September 11, 2026 | 5:07 P.M.

Six months ago, Ontario and Ottawa launched an $8.8 billion effort to reduce development charges, one of the costs developers spent years blaming for the area's housing shortage.

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