When are agreements entered into as part of the land use planning approval process an extension of that process, and therefore changeable through a future process, and when are they more akin to commercial contracts that will be enforced as such?
Seven empty lots that could be used to create desperately needed housing in a poor community have been left sitting empty in Toronto’s Downtown East. For years, anti-poverty activists and community members have been demanding that the city expropriate the vacant lots at 214-230 Sherbourne Street and build affordable housing on them. Now, they’re gearing up for a fight with developers.
On June 8, 2023, Bill 97, the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, 2023 Bill 97 received royal assent. Bill 97 was initially introduced April 6, 2023 as part of Ontario s Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants housing supply action plan the Plan, the next step in the provincial government s continued efforts to build 1.5 million homes by 2031.
Land use compatibility in the planning context is achieved where industrial and other major facilities can coexist with sensitive land uses to contribute to healthy, livable and sustainable communities. The statutory and policy background that informs land use compatibility issues includes the Planning Act, the Provincial Policy Statement PPS, the Growth Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe Growth Plan, the relevant Official Plan and, somewhat unique to land use compatibility, provincial land use compatibility guidelines.