{"id":28,"date":"2026-09-26T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/getrsoldherb-ca\/2026\/09\/26\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T11:00:00","slug":"expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/26\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert: Priorities That Should Guide Ontario&#8217;s Housing Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Having worked with buyers and sellers across Prince Edward County for nearly forty years, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how affordability shapes lives and communities. In Ontario, home prices are now over seven times the average annual income\u2014a figure that puts homeownership out of reach for many. Complex regulations, high taxes, and added fees only stack the odds further. Real change will come from practical steps: easing the tax burden, simplifying approvals, updating building codes, and reconsidering land transfer taxes. As someone who\u2019s spent decades guiding clients through these challenges, I know how vital it is to keep housing accessible so more families can enjoy the County lifestyle I\u2019ve come to love.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/top-priorities-ontario-housing-reform\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having worked with buyers and sellers across Prince Edward County for nearly forty years, I\u2019ve seen firsthand how affordability shapes lives and communities. In Ontario, home prices are now over seven times the average annual income\u2014a figure that puts homeownership out of reach for many. Complex regulations, high taxes, and added fees only stack the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28","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\/28","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=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrsoldherb.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}