{"id":23,"date":"2026-09-21T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kawaliteam-ca\/2026\/09\/21\/canada-fee-cuts-could-unlock-supply\/"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T12:00:00","slug":"canada-fee-cuts-could-unlock-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/21\/canada-fee-cuts-could-unlock-supply\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Fee Cuts Could Unlock Supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/joe-kawalit\/reducing-development-fees-fda7\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>One topic that\u2019s been circulating in our industry is the impact of development fees on new home affordability\u2014especially here in the GTA. Recent findings from a national housing agency suggest that reducing these fees could make roughly 14% more residential projects viable across Canada. For Toronto and Vancouver, the upside is even greater: cutting these charges could boost viable projects by about 10%, with Toronto potentially meeting half its targeted supply just by adjusting fees.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who works closely with buyers and sellers in Mississauga, Oakville, and the surrounding areas, I see firsthand how these costs factor into a family\u2019s decision-making. For context, Calgary\u2019s fees for a one-bedroom high-rise start at around $4,000, while detached homes are closer to $9,000\u2014significantly less than Vancouver\u2019s $20,000\u2013$33,000. Of course, these fees help fund necessary infrastructure, so finding the right balance is key. But lowering fees for family-sized homes could help make new builds more competitive, especially in markets where larger units are often priced above comparable resale properties. It\u2019s a conversation worth following as our communities continue to grow and evolve.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One topic that\u2019s been circulating in our industry is the impact of development fees on new home affordability\u2014especially here in the GTA. Recent findings from a national housing agency suggest that reducing these fees could make roughly 14% more residential projects viable across Canada. For Toronto and Vancouver, the upside is even greater: cutting these [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":466,"featured_media":24,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/466"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kawaliteam.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}