It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities 'whole' on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they're concerned they've seen little to no movement.
It has been more than three months since Ontario promised to make municipalities "whole" on a loss of development charge revenue due to a new provincial law, and they say they're concerned they've seen little to no movement.
"Together, we can use this process to get the facts, make improvements, and better serve taxpayers by exploring alternative tools for growth to appropriately pay for growth rather than continuing to raise development fees on new homebuyers," Clark wrote to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario.
Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie, who is also the chair of the Ontario's Big City Mayors group, said she is concerned the audits haven't started yet. She is also concerned that language in Clark's letter suggests the promise to make municipalities whole is contingent on them meeting housing targets set out by the province in the law - 120,000 homes for Mississauga, for example.
Crombie said she has received signals from the government that it will follow through on the promise to compensate for development charge revenue loss, but in the meantime the city is already feeling the law's impacts.
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