{"id":90,"date":"2026-10-17T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/?p=90"},"modified":"2026-10-17T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T16:00:00","slug":"ontarios-path-to-1-5m-homes-bold-change-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/ontarios-path-to-1-5m-homes-bold-change-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"Ontario\u2019s Path to 1.5M Homes: Bold Change Needed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Ontario has set an ambitious goal of building 1.5 million new homes, but recent numbers show we&#039;re falling short\u2014housing starts dropped to 65,400, down from 74,600 in 2024. As someone who\u2019s committed to supporting clients through every stage of their real estate journey, I see firsthand how fragmented zoning and building codes can slow progress. There\u2019s a growing push for streamlined regulations and more flexible standards to help keep new housing developments moving forward. Navigating these changes is complex, but staying informed is key to finding the right path in a shifting market.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/money.ca\/real-estate\/ontario-housing-target-regulatory-reform-affordability\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario has set an ambitious goal of building 1.5 million new homes, but recent numbers show we&#039;re falling short\u2014housing starts dropped to 65,400, down from 74,600 in 2024. As someone who\u2019s committed to supporting clients through every stage of their real estate journey, I see firsthand how fragmented zoning and building codes can slow progress. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":470,"featured_media":91,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","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\/90","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=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sarahflemingrealestate.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}