The reliefs announced this spring reward developers who time and locate around them. On the HST rebate, the qualifying window is agreements signed between April 1, 2026 and March 31, 2027, which puts a real clock on presale and purchase-agreement strategy, particularly for the thousands of completed but unsold GTA condo units the measure is partly designed to move. On development charges, the savings are municipality-specific: a single-detached home in the GTA could see $60,000 to $90,000 in relief where a municipality has opted in, and nothing where it has not.
The practical work is verification. Before you underwrite a site, confirm whether the municipality has actually adopted reductions, for which unit types, at what percentage, and for how long, and check that other fees are not quietly rising to backfill the gap. The federal Improving Housing Supply Act, which received royal assent in June, puts another $1.7 billion behind the same goal. The money is moving. Where and when it lands is the part you have to pin down deal by deal.
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