Ontario Budget Shows Lower Projections for New Home Construction

Ontario Budget Shows Lower Projections for New Home Construction
New homes are built in a housing construction development in the west-end of Ottawa on May 6, 2021. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Projections in Ontario’s budget for housing starts show the province’s target to build 1.5 million homes in 10 years slipping further out of reach with each passing year.

Nearly 100,000 homes were built in the province in 2022, the first year counting toward the goal, but the forecast shows the number of housing starts in the next few years struggling to crack 80,000 annually.