LILLEY: Municipalities driving up cost of housing, Ford right to clip their wings

The fight between the Ford government and Ontario\u0027s municipalities over development fees is a fight over the goose that laid the golden egg.

The municipal charges for a lowrise housing unit, that being a single-family home or a home in a smaller apartment or condo unit, sit at an average of $116,900 per unit. That ranges from $189,325 in Toronto to $113,635 in Oakville and $84,966 in Oshawa.

In Toronto the cost per square foot on a lowrise build is $85 but jumps to $125 on a highrise. In Vaughan, the lowrise price is $76 but jumps to $152 for a highrise. In Ottawa, which recently increased their development and other municipal charges significantly, the lowrise cost per square foot is $18 but jumps to $116 per square foot for a highrise.

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