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Beyond the Headlines – Belleville receives provincial Building Faster money

By Hailey MacDonald Oct 17, 2025 | 1:47 PM

The Friendly City is celebrating a success story that is unfortunately not being duplicated in many areas of the province.

Yesterday, the Ontario government awarded the city of Belleville just over $801,000 through the second round of the Building Faster Fund, after Belleville broke ground on 250 new homes in 2024, achieving 97 per cent of its yearly goal.

You need to hit 80% to get the money and the recognition for hitting your targets.

Unfortunately, not many communities are.

In 2023, the first year of the program, only 12 of the 50 communities involved in the program hit their targets. Last year, as it was expanded, only 15 of those first 50 hit the 80% mark. Some fell well short of the mark. Many won’t make it again this year.

As we continue to struggle with a national residential affordability crisis (both ownership and rental), the numbers are staggering.

A recent report from the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation says we need to double our national housing production by the year 2035 to 480,000 units a year.

The Friendly City is celebrating a success story that is unfortunately not being duplicated in many areas of the province.

Yesterday, the Ontario government awarded the city of Belleville just over $801,000 through the second round of the Building Faster Fund, after Belleville broke ground on 250 new homes in 2024, achieving 97 per cent of its yearly goal.

You need to hit 80% to get the money and the recognition for hitting your targets.

Unfortunately, not many communities are.

In 2023, the first year of the program, only 12 of the 50 communities involved in the program hit their targets. Last year, as it was expanded, only 15 of those first 50 hit the 80% mark. Some fell well short of the mark. Many won’t make it again this year.

As we continue to struggle with a national residential affordability crisis (both ownership and rental), the numbers are staggering.

A recent report from the Canada Mortage and Housing Corporation says we need to double our national housing production by the year 2035 to 480,000 units a year.

(PAUL MARTIN)