All four northern Ontario municipalities with housing-start targets exceeded them in 2023
Sault Ste. Marie is well on its way to meeting an Ontario government-assigned target of building 1,500 new homes by 2031.
Meeting the commitment is a requirement to getting access to the province's Building Faster Fund – a $1.2 billion pool of cash aimed at helping municipalities meet Premier Doug Ford's goal of 1.5 million new homes by 2031.If we achieve 110 per cent of our 1,500-home target, we'll collect a sweet $1,440,000.
"Any unspent funding will be made available for housing-enabling infrastructure to all municipalities, including those that have already received funding as a result of reaching their targets, through an application process.
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