{"id":27,"date":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kateklarkhomes-ca\/2026\/09\/27\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/"},"modified":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-27T09:00:00","slug":"expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/2026\/09\/27\/expert-priorities-that-should-guide-ontarios-housing-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert: Priorities That Should Guide Ontario&#8217;s Housing Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>Housing affordability remains a major concern in Ontario, with home prices now exceeding seven times the average annual income. As someone who works closely with first-time buyers, professionals, downsizers, and young families, I see firsthand how high taxes, fees, and complex regulations make it even more challenging to find the right home. Meaningful housing reform should focus on tax relief, streamlining approval processes, modernizing building codes, and removing land transfer taxes. These steps could make a real difference for families striving to achieve their real estate goals. My commitment has always been to put your best interests first\u2014helping you navigate these challenges with care and integrity.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/storeys.com\/top-priorities-ontario-housing-reform\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Housing affordability remains a major concern in Ontario, with home prices now exceeding seven times the average annual income. As someone who works closely with first-time buyers, professionals, downsizers, and young families, I see firsthand how high taxes, fees, and complex regulations make it even more challenging to find the right home. Meaningful housing reform [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":55,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kateklarkhomes.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}