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Who pays more for infrastructure and services in the GTA — the new home buyer or average ratepayer?

Throughout the federal election campaign — and as I have written about in previous columns, the negative impacts of sky-high development charges (DCs) on housing supply and affordability in the GTA featured prominently. In our region, these fees, which are rolled into the cost of new homes and passed on to new home buyers, are […]

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