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Local PC candidate Graydon Smith is accusing the Greens of treating rural Ontario like cities and trying to force through changes that municipalities may not want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smith was referring to a private member\u2019s bill introduced by Ontario Green Party Leader Mike Schreiner in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill 156 would amend the Planning Act<\/a> requiring municipalities to change their Official Plans to authorize \u201cin areas of settlement\u201d up to four residential units in a detached house, semi-detached house or rowhouse across Ontario as well as multi-unit residential buildings of up to four stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill also states, \u201cAn official plan shall contain policies that authorize, in areas of settlement, midrise housing developments ranging from six to 11 stories on major streets, including along transit corridors, where sufficient sewage and water capacity exists.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Act would also be amended to ensure that there are no appeals to the policies, with the exception of appeals by the Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Unlike the Green Party whose plan for housing assumes every rural and northern community should be treated like a big city, our PC team knows that municipalities know best and we need to give them the tools to build more homes that are appropriate for their communities instead of forcing them to build massive towers where they don’t make sense,” said Smith via an email statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That is why we introduced the new Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund, the Housing-Enabling Core Servicing Stream which together will enable municipalities to build over 200,000 more homes across the province. We are investing $50 million into the District of Muskoka and $14.6 million into Parry Sound and McDougall to enhance critical municipal infrastructure. We will continue to work hand in hand with municipalities, who know their communities and know where it makes sense to build homes, to ensure we are ready to welcome families to our community not just now but for years to come,” he stated, adding that Parry Sound Muskoka deserves a strong government that will continue to support its municipal partners by giving them the funds and the tools they need “to build appropriate housing for families in our community, and that is exactly what the Ontario PCs will deliver.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response, the Greens issued the following statement: “We are in a worsening housing crisis, and the Ontario Greens are committed to building more homes so people can afford to live in the communities they love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to build more homes while protecting forests and nature, we need to build within existing built-up areas (instead of sprawling out and paving over forests), which is what our bill focuses on,\u201d according to the email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe policy of allowing for buildings ranging from 6-11 storeys is not applicable in small towns and communities but rather applies to transit corridors and major streets in larger urban centres where residential access is not the primary purpose.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens also plan on removing development charges on homes, condos and apartment units under 2,000 square feet that are built within urban boundaries. They said they would create an Affordable Communities Fund to cover municipalities\u2019 housing infrastructure costs and remove the Land Transfer Tax for first-time homebuyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBy building more homes and getting rid of the fees that are hiking up purchase costs, we\u2019ll save the average first-time homebuyer $150,000 and without sprawling onto our farms, forests and wetlands,” states a release issued by the Greens on February 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s time to bring some generational fairness back into the housing market,\u201d added Ontario Greens Deputy Leader and candidate for Kitchener Centre Aislinn Clancy in the release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Greens say their First-Time Homebuyers Plan would bring down costs and build 2 million homes within urban boundaries.<\/p>\n\n\n

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