By Gazette Staff
August 17th, 2025
BURLINGTON, ON
Housing starts across the province were not what the province expected. Most did not reach their target for 2025.
There just isn’t enough of this happening for housing targets to be met.
Experts in the housing sector point out that while this is a problem now – it can be managed, but in three years from now, the province will be looking at a the value of homes should fall but rents will sky rocjet because the supply will just not be there.
I agree totally with Joe. Why is it that Oakville can exceed its targets, protect its downtown (so far), have very open and engaged Council meetings (by comparison with ours) and actually spend less per capita on its local and regional representation? Both are cities on the lake but Oakville has an interesting/active downtown (I will not use the word “vibrant”) and, even with the greater proximity to Toronto, fewer traffic and mobility problems. It is our closest comparator and Burlington does not fare well. At some point we need to hold our Council accountable.
Oakville is often seen as a proxy for what Burlington aspires to be. Interesting that when it comes to housing targets Oakville exceeded by 133.78% while we are on the naughty target list at 49.03% not met.