Bill 109 explained in plain English
More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022, amends various Ontario statutes to accelerate housing development and increase housing supply by streamlining approvals, adjusting development charges, and enhancing consumer protections.
The More Homes for Everyone Act, 2022, introduced by the Ontario government, aims to increase housing supply and speed up development processes. It achieves this by amending several provincial laws related to housing and development. Key changes include streamlining the development approval process, adjusting rules for development charges and community benefit charges, enhancing protections for new home buyers, and modifying rules for site plan control and subdivision approvals. The Act also introduces measures to encourage the development of transit-oriented communities.
- Amends the City of Toronto Act, 2006, to change rules regarding consultation before submitting plans for approval, the completeness of applications, and fee refunds for development applications.
- Amends the Development Charges Act, 1997, to update rules for making the treasurer's statement available to the public.
- Amends the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017, to modify criteria for licence applications, enhance registrar's powers to handle complaints and take action against licensees, increase maximum fines for contraventions, and allow courts to increase fines based on monetary benefits gained from offences.
- Amends the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act to allow for extending warranty expiration dates and to change by-law making powers.
- Amends the Planning Act to change rules about suspending decision-making time periods for plans, introduce processes for referring plans to the Ontario Land Tribunal for recommendations or decisions, establish rules for fee refunds on applications, allow the Minister to make orders at the request of municipalities for development permit by-laws, require regular reviews of community benefits charge by-laws, alter rules for site plan control applications including consultations and fee refunds, and adjust rules for parkland requirements in transit-oriented communities.
- Amends the Transit-Oriented Communities Act, 2020, regarding parkland requirements.
- Introduces new provisions for surety bonds and other instruments related to land use planning approvals.
- Municipalities in Ontario
- Developers and builders
- Home buyers and owners
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing
- The City of Toronto
- The Ontario Land Tribunal
- Registrars and assessors under the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017
- Licensees under the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017
- Municipalities may be required to refund fees for delayed development application decisions.
- Applicants for development approvals must provide specified information and materials.
- Developers may need to consult with municipalities before submitting plans.
- New home builders are subject to updated licensing requirements and potential penalties.
- The Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing has new powers to make regulations and issue orders regarding land use planning.
- Municipalities are required to conduct regular reviews of community benefits charge by-laws.
- The Act received Royal Assent on April 14, 2022. Most of the Act came into force on that day, with some provisions coming into force on July 1, 2022, January 1, 2023, or on a day to be named by proclamation.
- Specific commencement dates for various schedules and sections are detailed within each schedule and section 2 of the Act.
- Provisions related to fee refunds for delayed development applications may impact municipal revenues.
- Changes to development charges and community benefit charges could affect the cost of development.
- Increased maximum fines for new home construction licensing violations may impose greater financial penalties on licensees.
- The ability for courts to increase fines based on monetary benefits could lead to higher penalties for offenders.
- Increased maximum fines for contraventions of the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017, for individuals ($50,000) and non-individuals ($100,000).
- Potential for fines to exceed maximums if a monetary benefit was acquired through non-compliance.
- Increased maximum administrative penalties for contraventions under the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017, to $25,000, with potential for increases based on monetary benefit.
- Courts may increase fines for offences under the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017, by the amount of monetary benefit gained by the offender.
- Assessors may impose administrative penalties for contraventions of prescribed provisions of the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act or related by-laws.
- The effectiveness of the Act's measures to increase housing supply and affordability will depend on their implementation and market response.
- The specific details of 'prescribed matters' for which conditions cannot be imposed on approvals under section 51 of the Planning Act are not defined in the Act itself and will be established through regulations.
- The full impact of the amendments to the Planning Act regarding the Minister's ability to suspend time periods and refer plans to the Ontario Land Tribunal is subject to how these powers are exercised.
- The commencement of certain provisions is dependent on future proclamations by the Lieutenant Governor.
Changes rules for pre-application consultations, application completeness, and fee refunds for development applications in Toronto.
Source: SCHEDULE 1
Updates how municipalities must make statements about development charges available to the public.
Source: SCHEDULE 2
Modifies criteria for licensing new home builders, strengthens the registrar's ability to investigate and act on complaints, increases maximum fines for violations, and allows for fines to be increased based on financial gain from illegal activities.
Source: SCHEDULE 3
Allows for extending warranty periods for new homes and modifies the powers of the designated corporation regarding by-laws.
Source: SCHEDULE 4
Introduces new rules for suspending decision-making timelines on development plans, allows the Minister to refer plans to the Ontario Land Tribunal for recommendations or decisions, creates a system for refunding application fees if decisions are delayed, enables the Minister to issue specific orders for development permits at a municipality's request, mandates regular reviews of community benefits charge by-laws, revises site plan control procedures including consultations and fee refunds, and adjusts rules for parkland dedication in transit-oriented communities.
Source: SCHEDULE 5
Amends rules related to parkland requirements for land designated as transit-oriented community land.
Source: SCHEDULE 5
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