News release - City of Barrie
The City of Barrie is well on its way to reaching the provincial target of 23,000 housing units by 2031. Since January 1, 2023, until the end of December, the City had 1,809 housing starts, exceeding the annual provincial target of 1,687. Starting today, the City is launching a web page to publicly track Barrie’s progress in meeting building and planning targets.
“Barrie has prioritized and welcomed growth and development,” said Mayor Nuttall. “We have invested in a robust infrastructure plan to support growth and the building of additional homes to help the province achieve their housing targets. In order to be fully transparent, we are now making our building progress public on our website.”
In February 2023, the City of Barrie pledged to the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to facilitate the construction of 23,000 housing units by 2031. By the end of 2023, the City had issued planning approvals for 14,641 housing units.
The Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) through the BILD Municipal Benchmarking Study has named Barrie the top municipality in Ontario for ease of doing business with the city for government approvals and process.
To see current updates on Barrie’s building and planning targets and monthly building reports, visit barrie.ca/BuildingProgress.
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