Category: housing development

Ontario Integrity Commissioner, Auditor General to Launch Greenbelt Investigations

January 18, 2023
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Ontario’s integrity commissioner and auditor general both announced Wednesday that they would conduct separate investigations into the government’s decision to open protected Greenbelt lands up to housing development. The integrity commissioner is launching an investigation into Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Steve Clark based on a complaint from incoming NDP leader Marit Stiles. She sought…

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US Home Prices Rise in March, Building Permits Increase Due to Housing Shortage

April 19, 2022
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Home construction in the United States rose in March 2022, but starts for single-family housing fell amid rising mortgage rates across the country, with residential construction marked by a severe shortage of houses. Housing starts—an indicator of the number of private homes in a given period of time on which construction has begun—increased by 0.3 percent…

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Petition Calls on Rancho Santa Margarita to Protect Flower Field From Redevelopment

June 7, 2021
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Hundreds of residents in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., say they’re worried that state housing mandates might cost the city a popular field known locally for its springtime burst of flowers. Rose Canyon is a 3.5 acre, undeveloped site that was “generally accepted” by a city focus group to repurpose for housing, although further study is required to determine how many units the…

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