Our housing supply action plan

Learn how we are making life easier for renters, helping homebuyers and streamlining policies to build more homes. Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants is our latest housing supply action plan.

Read the action plan.

Housing supply progress

Ontario is the fastest growing place in North America. In 2022, we grew by more than 500,000 people. As Ontario grows, we need to build homes.

1.5 million

new homes to be built by 2031

96,000

new homes started construction in 2022

15,000

new rental units under construction in 2022

Track our progress

Find out how many new home construction starts municipalities have made toward their housing goals.

Launch the trackerRead about our progress

Past housing supply action plans

We develop housing supply action plans to deliver real, long-term housing solutions. Read Ontario’s past housing supply action plans.

2022–2023: More Homes Built Faster

Learn how we’re helping cities, towns and rural communities grow with a mix of ownership and rental housing types that meet the needs of all Ontarians.

2022: More Homes for Everyone

Learn how we’ve increased housing supply since our action plan in 2019 and the next phase in our plan to build all kinds of homes faster.

2020: Protecting tenants and strengthening community housing (PDF)

Find out how we’re helping tenants and landlords and improve our community housing system.

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2019: More Homes, More Choice

Read our plan to address the different housing challenges people are facing across the province.

Housing innovation guides

Guides about navigating the building process

As a homeowner, property owner or landlord, use these guides to navigate design and building processes. With these innovative approaches, we can help create more housing supply, including rental units, to make housing more affordable.

Guides about navigating innovative housing options

Fresh approaches to housing and home-ownership give people more choices. Use these guides to explore different housing options.