{"id":101,"date":"2026-10-17T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:00:00","slug":"ontarios-path-to-1-5m-homes-bold-change-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/ontarios-path-to-1-5m-homes-bold-change-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario\u2019s Path to 1.5M Homes: Bold Change Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Ontario\u2019s goal of building 1.5 million new homes is slipping further out of reach, with only 65,400 housing starts so far\u2014down from 74,600 the previous year. The real roadblocks? A patchwork of zoning rules and building codes that stall construction and frustrate steady progress. As someone who\u2019s spent decades navigating local regulations and matching clients with homes and investment opportunities, I see firsthand how a lack of unified standards slows the process\u2014even in communities eager for growth, like Prince Edward County. There\u2019s a growing call for streamlined, sensible approaches that truly support housing development. It\u2019s a reminder that successful real estate isn\u2019t just about finding the right property; it\u2019s also about understanding the regulatory landscape and advocating for solutions that help people, families, and businesses put down roots.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/money.ca\/real-estate\/ontario-housing-target-regulatory-reform-affordability\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario\u2019s goal of building 1.5 million new homes is slipping further out of reach, with only 65,400 housing starts so far\u2014down from 74,600 the previous year. The real roadblocks? A patchwork of zoning rules and building codes that stall construction and frustrate steady progress. As someone who\u2019s spent decades navigating local regulations and matching clients [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}