International Housing Study Tour
2019 OHBA International Housing Study Tour This past May, the largest-yet international business delegation of 27 OHBA members from across Ontario travelled to Denmark and Sweden for OHBA’s 2019 [...]
Let’s Build Housing in Ontario
It’s time for bold leadership to fix the housing issues facing Ontario communities The urban dictionary defines the term, “elephant in the room” as “a very large issue that everyone is [...]
Interim Control Bylaws – The Big Chill
By freezing development in its path, interim control bylaws can have unintended consequences Dictionary.com describes the word Draconian as, “of, relating to, or characteristic of the Athenian [...]
Luxury Home Building – It’s All In The Details
The obvious—and not so obvious—elements that define luxury home building “It’s about using stone and brick, not stucco; and natural stone, not veneer. It’s the extra things that go into the [...]
Ontario’s Growth Plan – Opportunity Knocks
Why Ontario’s new Growth Plan could be good news for builders On May 2, 2019, the Government of Ontario released its highly anticipated policy document for stakeholders in the land development [...]