Posts by amy crooks

Housing starts drop in 2024, prompting city to establish task force to speed approval processes January 16, 2025 Mia Jensen – Ontario Business Journal Housing starts in the region dropped 15 per cent last year from 2023, prompting Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe to tell homebuilders that the city will be establishing a task force to…

Ottawa creating task force, eying technology to speed up approvals as new home construction falls 15 per cent Janurary 16, 2025 Josh Pringle – CTV News The City of Ottawa is looking at ways to cut red tape to streamline the housing approval process, as new statistics show home construction fell 15 per cent in…

Mayor Mark Sutcliff: ‘We want to build more homes and we want to build them faster’ January 16, 2025 Caroline Phillips It’s become tradition for the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’​ Association (GOHBA) to kick off the year with Mayor Mark Sutcliffe speaking to members at their first breakfast event. In an industry where certainty is…

Why are new homes so expensive? This report says don’t blame the developers January 3, 2025 Bill Crawford – Ottawa Citizen Soaring costs, ever-changing rules, bureaucratic delays and development charges that are really a disguised wealth transfer from millennials to baby boomers are all making Ontario’s “generational” housing crisis worse, according to a new report…

The Morning Rush- Jason Burggraaf- January 2, 2025 January 3, 2025 The Morning Rush with Bill Carroll Bill is joined by Jason Burggraaf, executive director of the Greater Ottawa Homebuilders Association, to talk about why new homes are so expensive. Click Here To Listen

GOHBA / PMA Brethour Ottawa New Home Sales Report November new home sales top 400, a dramatic rise from year prior December 18, 2024 OTTAWA, ON — The Ottawa New Home Market Report for November 2024 highlights significant growth, with 424 new homes sold. This marks a strong increase from last year when 214 sales…

GOHBA: Ottawa’s rising Development Charges threaten housing affordability November 25, 2024 Mark Buckshon – Ontario Construction News The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) is warning that rising Development Charges (DCs) are significantly impacting the affordability of new homes in Ottawa. This statement follows the City of Ottawa’s Planning and Housing Committee’s recent approval to add…

Ottawa’s new home sales soar 40% in October November 21, 2024 Mark Buckshon – Ontario Construction News New home sales surged in Ottawa in October, reaching 391 units, a 40% increase compared to the same month last year, according to the latest Ottawa New Home Market Report released by the Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) and…

Ottawa home builders draw attention to rising development charges, call on province to amend DC Act Ottawa, Ontario, November 20, 2024 – The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) is once again raising concerns about the negative impact of rising Development Charges (DCs) on the affordability of Ottawa’s new housing supply, following the Planning and…

Backgrounder – Rising Development Charges in Ottawa Ottawa, Ontario, November 20, 2024 The Greater Ottawa Home Builders’ Association (GOHBA) is extremely concerned with the City of Ottawa’s rising development charges (DCs) and the impact of DC increases on housing affordability and supply locally.   The City of Ottawa has already implemented two increases in DC…