Inclusionary zoning may not be necessary in Ontario

NRU
Nov. 11, 2015

A report recently released by Ryerson’s Centre for Urban Research and Land Development concludes that inclusionary zoning may not be necessary to provide affordable housing in the Greater Golden Horseshoe as it duplicates section 37 provisions of the Planning Act. Moreover, municipalities can enhance housing affordability in the GGH by increasing the supply of serviced sites for all types of housing units and encouraging the creation of second units in the existing stock of single detached houses.

Authored by Dr. Frank Clayton and research assistant Geoff Schwartz the report examines the effectiveness of inclusionary zoning which reserves a percentage of affordable housing units within new developments that require re-zonings and frequently offers density trade-offs to offset the cost of providing affordable units.