This is a collection of housing research reports commissioned or prepared by the Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing.
These reports are provided for information and research purposes only and do not necessarily represent the direction or policies of the Government of Ontario.
- Provincial Rent Bank Program Evaluation Report: Executive Summary, 2008
- Housing Data: Affordable House Prices and Rents, 2006
- Government Assistance to Housing Through the Tax System: An Analysis of Three Examples - March 2006There is an ongoing desire in many
jurisdictions to reduce the number
of households in core housing
need due to affordability problems.
The three mechanisms reviewed in
this paper are the US tax
treatment of rental housing, the US
Low Income Housing Tax Credit,
(LIHTC) and the federal
government’s Canadian Home
Buyer’s Plan (HBP).
- International Experience with Demand-Side Assistance – July 2005Expenditure levels for demand-side
programs are steadily increasing
along with efforts to reduce them
within the countries profiled in this
paper. Given this environment, the
author examines existing research
into the experiences of Australia,
the US and the UK with demand-
side rental assistance programs to
address non-market housing need.
- Supporting Housing Investment - A Report to the Government of Ontario - July 2005This paper examines whether
capital subsidies can be part of an
effective housing policy. In
particular, it questions whether
most government support should
be means-tested and/or demand–
related.
- Creating a Positive Climate for Rental Housing Development Through Tax and Mortgage Insurance Reforms - November 2002(November 2002) - The Second
Report of
the Housing Supply Working Group
- Executive Summary - Options for Changes in Federal Taxes to Encourage New Rental ConstructionThis report responds to the
recommendation in the HSWG
report
regarding the federal tax
treatment of
rental housing.
- Executive Summary - Promoting a Positive Mortgage Insurance Environment for New Rental ConstructionThis report examines CMHC’s
mortgage
insurance premium structure and
related
underwriting criteria - both those
which
applied in the past, and the recent
changes.
- Executive Summary - The Context for Private Rental Housing Production in the USThis report describes rental
production
trends in the US over the past
decade,
and overviews the main programs
used
to stimulate rental construction
and
particularly to support affordable
rental
development.
- Affordable rental housing supply - May 2001The interim report of the Housing
Supply
Working Group was presented to
the Minister
of Municipal Affairs and Housing on
Tuesday,
May 8th, 2001. The report
recommends a
number of legislative and
administrative
changes by federal, provincial and
municipal
governments which will help to
increase the
supply of affordable rental housing
in Ontario.
- Ontario Housing Corporation Reports - Index