Bruce County is supporting some proposed changes to the definition of affordable housing under Bill 134.
Bill 134 is the Affordable Homes, Good Jobs Act, which was introduced in late September and would incorporate an income component to the definition of what constitutes an affordable housing unit for the purposes of exemptions from development charges.
Bruce County has directed staff to send a letter of support to the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
Some members of council also said that their own lower-tier councils would be doing the same.
The change in the provincial definition will take effect on the latter of either when the Development Charges amendments proposed under Bill 23 (More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022) come into effect, or when Bill 134, the Affordable Homes and Good Jobs Act, 2023 receives Royal Assent.
