{"id":34717,"date":"2026-03-18T16:23:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T16:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T23:23:27","slug":"development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga\/","title":{"rendered":"Development charge incentive program extended in Mississauga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 Mississauga City Council has approved a <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/pub-mississauga.escribemeetings.com\/Meeting.aspx?Id=ad8491b6-71b9-4832-a12a-3af277d9a433&amp;Agenda=Agenda&amp;lang=English&amp;Item=37&amp;Tab=attachments\" target=\"_blank\">motion<\/a>\u00a0to extend the city\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/projects\/2026\/03\/rfq-issued-for-brockville-correctional-complex-and-st-lawrence-valley-centre-project\" target=\"_blank\">development charges<\/a>\u00a0incentive program through Dec. 31, 2027, giving the development industry an additional year to \u201ctake advantage of the incentives so they can continue planning and delivering much-needed housing for Mississauga families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The program launched in January 2025 and was \u201cenhanced\u201d in February of this year, a release reads.<\/p>\n<p>It offers the following development charge reductions for residential properties:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>50 per cent for all residential unit types<\/li>\n<li>100 per cent for purpose-built apartment rental units<\/li>\n<li>Applies to one-bedroom plus den, two-bedroom or three-bedroom units<\/li>\n<li>25-year rental tenure agreement required<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the program launched, it included a Nov.13, 2026 deadline to pull building permits.<\/p>\n<p>Now, to be eligible for the incentives, developers have until Dec. 31, 2027 to pull a building permit, the release adds.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, visit\u00a0<a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mississauga.ca\/publication\/partners-in-homebuilding-mayors-housing-task-force-report\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mississauga.ca\/housing-taskforce<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/canada.constructconnect.com\/dcn\/news\/government\/2026\/03\/development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] MISSISSAUGA, ONT. \u2014 Mississauga City Council has approved a motion\u00a0to extend the city\u2019s\u00a0development charges\u00a0incentive program through Dec. 31, 2027, &#8230; <a title=\"Development charge incentive program extended in Mississauga\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/development-charge-incentive-program-extended-in-mississauga\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Development charge incentive program extended in Mississauga\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037],"tags":[357,295],"class_list":["post-34717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-commercial-news","tag-blog","tag-technology","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}