{"id":4889,"date":"2026-10-17T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/?p=4889"},"modified":"2026-10-17T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T12:00:00","slug":"toronto-board-of-trade-urges-ontario-to-amend-zoning-and-building-code-rules-to-spur-housing-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/toronto-board-of-trade-urges-ontario-to-amend-zoning-and-building-code-rules-to-spur-housing-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto board of trade urges Ontario to amend zoning and building code rules to spur housing growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone deeply involved in the Toronto real estate market, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how zoning and building code regulations can shape our city\u2019s housing landscape. The Toronto Board of Trade is voicing a crucial concern: with Ontario\u2019s current policies, we could fall short of our 1.5 million new homes target by over 550,000 by 2031. Outdated zoning and building codes aren\u2019t just slowing things down\u2014they\u2019re also keeping costs high and putting affordable homes further out of reach for many families. As The Millionaire Realtor Mom, my focus on comparative market analysis keeps me attuned to how these changes could influence not just availability but also the value of your home. Streamlined, standardized zoning and modernized building codes could be the key to reducing delays, cutting costs, and opening up more options for buyers and sellers across the GTA. Housing affordability matters to all of us, and these updates could make a real difference in our community.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/toronto\/article-ontario-unlikely-to-meet-housing-target\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone deeply involved in the Toronto real estate market, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how zoning and building code regulations can shape our city\u2019s housing landscape. The Toronto Board of Trade is voicing a crucial concern: with Ontario\u2019s current policies, we could fall short of our 1.5 million new homes target by over 550,000 by 2031. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":271,"featured_media":4890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/271"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5111,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4889\/revisions\/5111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.millionairerealtormom.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}