{"id":33,"date":"2026-09-25T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/sarahflemingrealestate-com\/2026\/09\/25\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T15:00:00","slug":"expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/25\/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>Housing affordability continues to be a pressing issue in Ontario, with home prices now exceeding seven times the average annual income. As someone committed to guiding clients through every phase of the real estate journey, I see firsthand how high taxes, fees, and complex regulations add significant costs for buyers and sellers alike. Thoughtful reforms\u2014such as meaningful tax relief, more efficient approval processes, modernized building codes, and the removal of land transfer taxes\u2014are essential steps toward making homeownership more accessible. Navigating these challenges is part of the value I strive to bring, ensuring you have the insights you need in a shifting market.<\/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>Housing affordability continues to be a pressing issue in Ontario, with home prices now exceeding seven times the average annual income. As someone committed to guiding clients through every phase of the real estate journey, I see firsthand how high taxes, fees, and complex regulations add significant costs for buyers and sellers alike. Thoughtful reforms\u2014such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/470"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}