The City of Winnipeg approved changes to their Housing Accelerator Fund application along the lines of those requested by the feds on Nov. 23, 2023. This represents an agreement-in-principle to zoning and land-use reforms that would speed up the building of new homes.These changes include:
- Legalizing four homes per residential lot city-wide by-right
- Legalizing four-storey builds by-right within 800 metres of frequent transit corridors
- Zoning reforms to ensure by-right residential redevelopment at mall sites and commercial corridors
These agreed-to-in-principle changes will still have to be enshrined through bylaw amendments. The rapid bylaw amendment process will be ongoing from 2024-2025, with public consultations and a formal public hearing before the amendments are implemented, which is anticipated to occur in spring 2025.