Ontario Construction News staff writer
Missisauga’s new mayor has created a housing task force and met with partners from the development and building industries in June.
Members are tasked with helping the city streamline housing approval processes.
A wide-range of development and building representatives from both the private and not-for-profit sectors are represented, along with Mayor Carolyn Parrish and city planning and building staff.
They will discuss impediments, find solutions to the housing supply and affordability crisis in Mississauga and identify areas for partnership. In particular, the task force will be asked to:
- provide solutions for how to deliver more housing quickly
- identify opportunities to streamline development application and building permit approval processes
- review incentives needed to deliver homes for a range of Mississauga families
“While we’ve made solid progress in streamlining our approvals processes over the last few years, we must continue to adapt to the realities of an incredibly complex housing market. The Mayor’s Task Force is an important forum to help us better understand the needs of our industry partners so that we can all find ways to deliver housing more quickly.” – Andrew Whittemore, Commissioner, Planning and Building
The city’s 2023 Housing Action Plan includes five goals and 23 actions to increase the supply and affordability of homes across Mississauga.
Members of the Mayor’s Housing Task Force:
- Gavin Bailey, Director, Development Planning, Tridel (or Vince Mirarchi, Vice President, Tridel
- Bob Blazevski, President and COO, Diamond Corp
- Graham Cubitt, Director of Projects and Development, Indwell
- John Gallucci, Principal, TMG Builders (represented today by Salvatore Cavarretta, Vice President Development, TMG Builders)
- Alex De Gasperis, Vice President, Deco Communities
- Frank Doracin, President, Doracin Terra Strategies Limited
- Joseph Feldman, Executive Vice President, Camrost
- Mitchell Goldhar, Executive Chairman, CEO, Smart Centres
- Frank Gianonne, President, FRAM
- Remo Agostino, Chief Development Officer, Daniels (represented today by Elizabeth Gillin, VP of Development, Daniels)
- Neil Smiley, Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP (represented today by Joseph Guzzi, Consultant, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP)
- David Hunwicks, Vice President, Planning, Amacon
- Kristina Kaneff, Vice President and General Counsel, Kaneff Group
- Anna-Maria Kaneff, Executive Vice President, Kaneff Group
- David McComb CEO or Oscar Piovesan, COO, Edenshaw Developments
- Brian Sutherland, Vice President Argoland & President, Lakeview Community Partners Ltd.
- Paula Tenuta, Senior Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, BILD
- Blair Wolk, President or Lino Malito, Vice President Orlando Corporation
- Chris Zeppa, President, City Park Homes