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Overview of Canadian Inclusionary Housing PoliciesThree major Canadian cities – Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver – have formally enacted inclusionary housing policies. Although different in many ways, the policies share sufficient features to provide the basis for a limited but effective inclusionary housing approach that could be used widely across Canada. Toronto ON: Large Sites PolicyThe basis for an inclusionary housing program in Toronto has been established by policy 9 of its Official Plan – its so-called ‘large sites policy’. Toronto’s Official Plan was approved by Council in 2002, but part of this policy was appealed by the development industry to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB), and did not come into effect until mid-2006 after mutually-agreed clarifications were made. Montreal QB: Inclusionary Housing StrategyBackgroundThis strategy – called a ‘strategy for inclusion of affordable housing in new residential projects’ – was adopted by the city in August 2005. This strategy applies in the city of Montreal, the largest jurisdiction in the Montreal metropolitan area. Since the de-merger in 2006, the city contains a population of 1.6 million in its 19 constituent boroughs. The wider metropolitan area contains a total of 3.6 mil and 82 local governments. |
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