Reducing development charges could make housing projects up to 14% more viable: CMHC

By Amanda Jerome ( June 3, 2026, 1:40 PM EDT) -- The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has indicated in an updated analysis that “reducing or eliminating development charges could increase the number of financially viable housing projects across Canadian cities, with gains of 9-14 per cent in cities with higher development charges.”...