Publish Date: 2019/FEB/27
Cancea's final report on the housing affordability study commissioned by the OAA and other funders. The report takes a systems approach to understanding housing affordability crisis.
PDF: cancea_report_on_housing_affordability.pdf
Publish Date: 2019/MAY/31
OAA President Kathleen Kurtin writes to Ontario Chief Building Officials and Directors of Planning affirming that architectural designs accompanying applications for site plan approval must be prepared by an architect.
Publish Date: 2019/MAY/09
A Review of the Site Plan Approval Process (commissioned by OAA) is released in the days leading up to the SPA Symposium, generating significant coverage across mainstream & industry-specific media.
PDF: oaa_spa_report_-_final.pdf
OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to the Directors of Planning and Chief Building Officials in the province of Ontario regarding an important matter related to site plan control approval.
Publish Date: 2021/JUL/19
OAA President Kathleen Kurtin writes to the Honourable Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing to discuss the OAA's recent roundtable on design and the site plan approval process.
Publish Date: 2019/MAY/24
Publish Date: 2019/JUN/05
The OAA responds to Ontario's pre-budget consultations with recommendations for the government to adopt Qualifications-Based Selection and reform the Site Plan Approval process.
Publish Date: 2021/FEB/16
OAA President, Susan Speigel, writes to the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy to confirm the Association's recommendations on Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022.
Publish Date: 2022/NOV/16