{"id":21,"date":"2026-09-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/buysellmuskoka-ca\/2026\/09\/26\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T13:00:00","slug":"expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.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>As someone who\u2019s spent years helping families and individuals find their place in Muskoka, I see firsthand how Ontario\u2019s housing affordability crisis impacts real people. With home prices now more than seven times the average annual income, it\u2019s no wonder so many feel overwhelmed. High taxes, mounting fees, and layers of regulation only add to the challenge. The path forward? It\u2019s clear Ontario needs housing reforms that prioritize real relief\u2014like easing tax burdens, streamlining approval processes, updating building codes, and reconsidering land transfer taxes. My time as an MPAC property inspector taught me how these policies shape not just dollars and cents, but the lives behind every front door. Change here isn\u2019t just about numbers\u2014it\u2019s about making it possible for more families to find a place they\u2019re truly happy to call home.<\/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>As someone who\u2019s spent years helping families and individuals find their place in Muskoka, I see firsthand how Ontario\u2019s housing affordability crisis impacts real people. With home prices now more than seven times the average annual income, it\u2019s no wonder so many feel overwhelmed. High taxes, mounting fees, and layers of regulation only add to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":496,"featured_media":22,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/496"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.buysellmuskoka.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}