Provincial data show long-term care beds accounted for 9 per cent of the overall total of 109,011 new homes last year
A spokesperson for Ontario's Municipal Affairs and Housing Minister Paul Calandra, right, says the minister told municipalities the province would add long-term care beds to its calculations in October.
In addition, the government is now considering further changes to its calculations. The province is exploring data sources to track “other institutional types of housing such as student residences and retirement homes,” according to a letter Mr. Calandra sent Mississauga’s acting mayor last month. The Ontario government has awarded a total of $6.8-million to Peterborough, Brantford, Sudbury and North Bay, the cities that would not have met their housing targets without counting new and upgraded long-term care beds.
The 256 long-term care beds will be in a new Extendicare facility being built to replace an existing 174-bed nursing home, said Peterborough Mayor Jeff Leal, who welcomed the government’s decision to include long-term care beds in its counts. Mayor Kevin Davis said that while municipalities aren’t a “catalyst” in approving new long-term care homes, which fall under provincial jurisdiction, they are involved in the zoning and permitting process. He said it makes sense to include beds in calculations and give cities bonus funding because nursing homes also require municipal infrastructure services.
The Ontario government has also announced that North Bay will receive $400,000 for surpassing its housing target. The city relied heavily on long-term care beds to do so – with 160 out of 202 total new units, the data show.
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