The Missing Middle Initiative (MMI) has released a report card examining the performance of all 10 provincial governments and its largest municipality for housing policy.
MMI’s marking criteria has five general categories. Those being pro-supply policies, anti-harmful policies such as high development charges, positive supply outcomes which grades who has built the most houses, positive affordability outcomes and positive societal outcomes.
The end result sees New Brunswick coming out on top, with Ontario coming out at dead last.
Would love for the BC govt to crack down on development fees charged by municipalities, but that would almost certainly result in property tax increases that cost them the next election.
People are way too happy shoving $100k development fees onto new condos if it means they can keep their property taxes at 0.3%.
Developers seem to be shifting to rental buildings though, which have lower fees, and with the slowdown in condo construction, cities may have to raise property taxes significantly anyway. Of course they will still use the tried and true strategy of blaming the province, but their level of success will vary depending on whether they have something specific to point to. Surrey is blaming it on the province by blaming the Surrey Police (long story there). Next year’s municipal elections will be interesting.
Fwiw, measuring outcomes by current values rather than idk, 3 or 5-year change seems odd if we’re grading policy.
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The Missing Middle Initiative (MMI) has released a report card examining the performance of all 10 provincial governments and its largest municipality for housing policy.
MMI’s marking criteria has five general categories. Those being pro-supply policies, anti-harmful policies such as high development charges, positive supply outcomes which grades who has built the most houses, positive affordability outcomes and positive societal outcomes.
The end result sees New Brunswick coming out on top, with Ontario coming out at dead last.
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Would love for the BC govt to crack down on development fees charged by municipalities, but that would almost certainly result in property tax increases that cost them the next election.
People are way too happy shoving $100k development fees onto new condos if it means they can keep their property taxes at 0.3%.
Developers seem to be shifting to rental buildings though, which have lower fees, and with the slowdown in condo construction, cities may have to raise property taxes significantly anyway. Of course they will still use the tried and true strategy of blaming the province, but their level of success will vary depending on whether they have something specific to point to. Surrey is blaming it on the province by blaming the Surrey Police (long story there). Next year’s municipal elections will be interesting.
Fwiw, measuring outcomes by current values rather than idk, 3 or 5-year change seems odd if we’re grading policy.