Political Advocacy
The Toronto Regional Real Estate Board's Government Relations staff closely monitors and advocates on residential and commercial real estate issues that affect Member REALTORS® and the public they serve at all levels of government. TRREB also maintains communication with government officials, providing input into important decisions that have consequences for homeowners (buyers and sellers), renters, landlords, businesses and investors. Current initiatives focus on affordable home ownership, housing supply and demand, affordable housing, consumer protection and economic development.
2023
- Toronto Gives Municipal Leaders Failing Grades on Housing
- TRREB Statement on Council’s Decision to Legalize Multiplexes
- TRREB Statement on Ombudsman Report into the Landlord Tenant Board
- TRREB: Housing Affordability Should Be a Priority of the 2023 City of Toronto Budget
- TRREB Input on Proposed Changes to Residential Mortgage Underwriting
- TRREB Submits Feedback on Multiplexes Proposed Amendments
- City of Toronto 2023 Operating Budget – Submission
2022
- Greater Toronto REALTORS® Call on Municipal Election Candidates to Make Housing Affordability a Priority
- TRREB Submission to City of Toronto on Multiplex Study
- TRREB REALTORS® Call on All Provincial Parties to Take Serious Action on Housing Affordability and Better Consumer Protection
- TRREB Encouraged by Federal Budget Actions to Increase Supply of Housing
- City of Toronto 2022 Operating Budget – Submission
- TRREB Climate Change Statement
- TRREB Statement on Provincial Housing Affordability Task Force Recommendations
2021
- TRREB Calls on City Council to Focus on Expanding Housing Supply instead of New Investor Tax
- TRREB Letter to Toronto City Council on a Speculation Tax
- Toronto City Council Adopts Inclusionary Zoning Policy
- Toronto City Council Approves Small Business Property Tax Class
- TRREB Calls for Choice and Privacy following Election Pledge on Offer Process in Housing Transactions
- TRREB Calls on City Council to Ensure Appropriate Exemptions for New Vacant Home Tax and to Keep Home Energy Rating Program Voluntary for Homeowners
- City of Toronto Home Energy Rating and Disclosure
- Municipal Land Transfer Tax – Potential Increase
- Garden Suites
- OSFI Mortgage Stress Test
- TRREB To Provide Input On City Study Of Revenue Tools
- Potential Municipal Land Transfer Tax Hike Could Reduce Supply and Affordability of Modest Toronto Homes
- TRREB Forecasts Strong Demand for Real Estate in 2021 PLUS January Numbers
- Richmond Hill Secondary Suites and Ancillary Units Consultation
- GTA REALTORS® Urge City of Toronto to Make Housing Issues a Priority
2020
- Inclusionary Zoning Draft Official Plan Amendment and Zoning By-law Amendment
- TRREB Urges Council to Include Appropriate Exemptions in Toronto Vacant Home Tax Debate
- TRREB Calls for Evidence-Based Decision on Toronto Vacant Home Tax
- Update: TRREB Backs Provincial Ban on Real Estate Open Houses during Covid-19 Second Wave
- In-Person Open Houses Should Be Avoided During COVID-19 Second Wave - Toronto Regional Real Estate Board
- TRREB Applauds Province for Moving Forward with Personal Real Estate Corporations
- TRREB Invited to Provide Economic Recovery Input to Provincial Finance Committee
- Phase 1 Regulations (Incorporation and Advertising Terms) – Trust in Real Estate Services Act, 2020
- TRREB Follow-up Input on Personal Real Estate Corporation Implementation
- TRREB Invited to Provide Economic Recovery Input to Provincial Finance Committee
- Toronto City Council Approves Plan to Create "Missing Middle" Housing
- Toronto Regional Real Estate Board Provides Input on Government Economic Recovery Initiatives, Recommends Caution with Real Estate Market Stimulus
- TRREB COVID Economic Recovery Input
- Submission to City of Toronto re. Missing Middle Housing
- TRREB Urges City to Move Forward with LTT Relief for First-Time Home Buyers
- Property Tax Deferrals – COVID 19
- Letter to Mayor Tory re. City Licensing Services
- Letter to Mayor Tory re. COVID-19
- TRREB Applauds Passage of Trust In Real Estate Services Act
- New Research on Housing Supply, Regional Transportation and the Regional Economy
2019
- Toronto Real Estate Board Applauds Provincial Government’s Proposed Changes To Real Estate Sector Regulation
- TREB Calls On Richmond Hill Council To Approve a Common Sense Sign By-law
- Post Federal-Election Housing Policy
- Toronto Sign By-law – Deputation
- Toronto Real Estate Board Encouraged By Federal Parties' Focus On Housing Issues
- TREB Statement on First-Time Buyer, Speculation & Vacancy Tax Announcements
- REALTORS® From Across Canada Urge Governments to Reduce Costs and Remove Barriers to Home Ownership
- TREB Submission on HousingTO 2020-2030 Action Plan
- Sign By-Law - City of Toronto
- TREB Supports Changes to Allow For Laneway Suites Across City of Toronto
- Toronto Laneway Housing
- Mortgage Stress Test; 30-Yr Amortization
- Mortgage Stress Test; 30-Yr Amortization
- Housing Supply; OSFI Stress Test
- Mortgage Stress Test; 30-Yr Amortization; Housing T.O. 2020-2030
- Richmond Hill Sign By-Law
- TREB Urging Caution as TO Council Debates if Another MLTT Hike Should be Considered
- TREB Raises Concerns About New Proposal Calling For City Of Toronto To Rely On Unpredictable Land Transfer Tax Even More
- City of Toronto Secondary Suites
- TREB Statement on 2019 Federal Budget
- TREB Provides Input on New REBBA
- TREB Letter to Minister of Finance and OSFI re: Mortgage Stress Test & 30 yr Amortizations
- TREB Provides Input And Real Estate Market Outlook To City Of Toronto Budget Committee On Heels Of Municipal LTT 2018 Deficit
- Mortgage Stress Test
- TREB York Region Market Year In Review & Outlook 2019 Economic Summit
- TREB Market Year In Review & Outlook 2019 Economic Summit – Durham Region
- TREB Releasing 2019 Market Outlook, Ideas On Increasing Housing Supply & Affordability And January Market Statistics Today At Economic Summit
- TREB Provides Input to Provincial Housing Supply Consultations
- TREB Applauds Toronto City Council Unlocking Surplus City Land For Housing Now Plan
- Mortgage Stress Test; Missing Middle Housing
- Missing Middle, Transit Supportive Development, Recent Govt Decisions
2018
- TREB Applauds Proposed City of Toronto Housing Now Initiative
- Housing Supply
- TREB Concerned About City of Toronto Land Transfer Tax Reliance
- TREB Responds To Provincial Housing Supply Plan Announcement
- Mortgage Stress Test; Housing Supply
- TREB Applauds Provincial Government Declining Municipal Request for Authority to Levy Additional Revenue Tools
- TREB's Current Priority Issues
- Toronto Real Estate Board Releases Recommendations on Housing Affordability and Supply and the Views of Over 200 GTA Municipal Election Councillors and Mayoral Candidates on Key Housing Issues
- Municipal Election Issues
- Real Estate and Building Industry Poll Reveals Concern that GTA Millennials will be Unable to Afford a Home or Stay in their Communities, but also Finds Some Optimism
- Ipsos Poll Finds Continued Strong Opposition to GTA Municipal Land Transfer Taxes, as REALTORS® Release Policy Paper Noting Impact of Land Transfer Taxes on Housing Supply
- The Majority of GTA Residents Agree that More Construction of New Homes will Help Housing Affordability, just not in their Backyards, a Home Building Industry and REALTORS® Joint Ipsos Poll Finds
- Cost of Housing and Lack of Infrastructure are as Important as Crime as the Top Three Municipal Election Issues in the GTA a Home Building Industry and REALTORS® Joint IPSOS Poll Finds
- Municipal Election Issues
- Municipal Election Issues
- Municipal Election Issues
- TREB Supports Action On Housing And Establishment Of City Housing Committee
- TREB Releases Monthly Market Figures Reported By GTA REALTORS® & New Housing Issues Polling Results
- York Region Politicians Want a New Municipal Land Transfer Tax Grab On Homeownership
- Provincial Election & Housing – Voting Information for REALTORS®, Exercise
- Provincial Election & Housing – Voting Information for REALTORS®, Exercise
- How Metrolinx is Inspiring Transit Ridership with Design Excellence
- Solving the GTA’s Costly Traffic Congestion Problems – Toronto Region Board
- TREB Consults Members Extensively on Major Review to the Real Estate and
- Land Transfer Tax
- TREB Applauds Mayor Tory's Affordable Housing Announcement
- TREB Hosts Economic Summit, Releases New Consumer Survey Data
- Land Transfer Tax
- Toronto Real Estate Board Calls On Provincial Parties To Outline Housing Policy
- Housing Supply
- Land Transfer Tax
- Local Businesses And Community Groups Join Together To Call On City To Improve Safety At Intersection Of Don Mills Road And Kern Road
- Ontario Fair Housing Plan
2017
- TREB Provides Input to City Council on Short-Term Rental Housing Regulation
- TREB Provides Input to City Council on Short-Term Rental Housing Regulation
- Legislation on Multiple Representation Introduced
- TREB Welcomes Legislation on Multiple Representation in Real Estate Transactions
- TREB Working With Province To Review REBBA
- TREB Questions Impact of Potential Vacancy Tax In Toronto
- GTA REALTORS® Report April Resale Housing Figures, As TREB Releases New Insights On Foreign Buyers, Speculation, And Multiple Ownership
- TREB Responds To Ontario's Fair Housing Plan
- TREB Cautions Against The Imposition Of Provincial Foreign Buyer Tax Surcharge, Noting It Will Not Address Real Problem Of Housing Supply Shortage
- GTA Housing Market: Listing Supply Remains an Issue
- New Condo Act Rules Moving Forward
- TREB Applauds Protection Of First-Time Home Buyers But Remains Concerned About LTT Increase For Repeat Buyers
- Toronto Real Estate Board Launches Campaign to Stop Another Obstacle to Home Ownership in Toronto
2016
- TREB Urges City Council To Stop Proposed LTT Increase In Its Tracks
- TREB Raising Concerns Over Proposed Changes To Toronto LTT That Will Increase Costs For All Toronto Home Buyers
- TREB Calls For Fair Property and Land Transfer Taxes
2015
- TREB & BILD Stress That Demand for Home Ownership Remains Strong
- REALTORS® to Present Views on 2015 City Budget to Budget Committee
2014
- Toronto REALTORS® Highlighting Need for Land Transfer Tax Relief during Municipal Election Campaign
- Toronto REALTORS® Highlighting Need for Land Transfer Tax Relief during Municipal Election Campaign
- New Poll Shows Majority of Torontonians Want Toronto Mayoral and Councillor Candidates to Support Land Transfer Tax Relief for Home Buyers
- REALTORS® Look Forward to Joining Torontonians in Speaking Out against Home Buying Tax during Municipal Election Campaign
- REALTORS® Tell City Council that Proposed 2014 Budget Reliance on Land Transfer Tax Poses Risks and Call for Relief for Home Buyers
2013
- REALTORS® Raise Concerns Over Potential Proposals to Make First Time Home Buyers Pay More Toronto Home Buying Tax
- New Poll Shows Increasing Public Support for Phasing-Out Toronto Land Transfer Tax
- Toronto Real Estate Board Calls On City Executive Committee to Set LTT Phase-Out in Motion
- New Poll Shows Continued Strong Public Support For Eliminating Toronto Land Transfer Tax
- Toronto Real Estate Board Says Land Transfer Tax Should Be Scrapped, Not Capped
- Toronto Real Estate Board Looks Forward to Working with New City of Toronto Budget Chief on Phase-Out of Land Transfer Tax
2012
- New Poll Shows Mississauga And Other "905" Region Residents Strongly Opposed To Municipal Land Transfer Tax
- Importance of Affordable Housing Solutions Recognized on National Housing Day
- Polls Show 49 Percent Approval Rating for Mayor Ford and Overwhelming Support for Land Transfer Tax Repeal
- New Massive Ward-by-Ward Poll Shows Support for Land Transfer Tax Repeal in 38 of 44 City of Toronto Wards
- New Campaign against Toronto Land Transfer Tax Launched in light of Concerning Poll Results
- Land Transfer Tax Poll Results Released Ahead of Important Announcement by Toronto Real Estate Board
- Transit Should Not Be Funded with Land Transfer Tax: REALTORS®
2011
- REALTORS® Encouraged by Mayor Ford's Re-Affirmation of Commitment to Repeal Land Transfer Tax
- Public Support for Land Transfer Tax Repeal is Resilient, According to Poll
- GTA REALTORS® Working With Elected Representatives to Create Affordable Housing
- REALTORS® Remind City Council that LTT is Unpredictable Revenue Stream
- TREB Follows-Up on City LTT Presentation
- City Council Being Told to Target Waste, Not Home Buyers
- GTA REALTORS® View City Budget as Step Towards Repealing LTT
2010
- Ontario REALTORS® Support Grow Ops Registry Bill
- GTA REALTORS® Host Ford and Smitherman at TREB AGM
- GTA REALTORS® Work to Eliminate Harmonized Sales Tax Misconceptions
- TREB Hosts Toronto Mayoral Panel at REALTOR® Quest
2009
- Municipal Politicians to Discuss Taxes in the GTA at Toronto Real Estate Board Conference
- TREB - Torontonians Want Toronto Land Transfer Tax Repealed: Poll
- Torontonians Believe City of Toronto Not Being Run As Efficiently As Possible: Poll
- REALTORS® Ask City Budget Committee To Consider Impact of Land Transfer Tax
- REALTORS® Call for a "Home Owners' Budget" From City
2008
- Toronto Land Transfer Tax Costs City's Economy $170 million
- Take Action on Affordable Housing, GTA REALTORS® Tell City
- As Toronto Land Transfer Tax Takes Effect, REALTORS® Call On City to Give Home-buyers a Break
- City Budget Can Send Important Message to Homebuyers: Toronto REALTORS®
2007
- REALTORS® Disappointed that Public Opinion on Land Transfer Tax Ignored
- Torontonians Opposed to Land Transfer Tax Despite "Fair Taxes" Campaign
- Fellow Torontonians Support REALTOR® Efforts Against Land Transfer Tax
- Torontonians deserve thoughtful and fair approach to City's financial challenges
- Deferral of Land Transfer Tax Decision is Opportunity for Sober Second Thought
- TREB public poll: Torontonians say new taxes should wait for next election
- REALTORS® launch WWW.NOHOMEBUYINGTAX.COM
- Toronto REALTORS® Tell City that 100% Land Transfer Tax Increase is Unfair
- Concerned Residents Tell Mayor and City Council to Shelve Toronto Home-Buying Tax
- REALTORS® Raise Concerns Over Toronto "Home-buying Tax"
2006
- REALTORS® Tell Province "Home-buying Tax" will Worsen Urban Sprawl, Hurt Economy
- Toronto REALTORS® Ready to Work with New Federal Government
- New Toronto Tax Could Mean More Gridlock and Pollution for GTA
2004
- REALTORS® and Home Builders Voice Concerns Over Greenbelt
- Provincial Greenbelt Could Threaten GTA Housing Affordability
- TREB Tells City, "Let's not bite the hand that feeds us"
- TREB to City: Help Keep Real Estate Market Healthy -- development charges
- TREB Tells City to Keep Property Taxes Down
- TREB Tells City to Keep Property Taxes Down
