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Housing Strategy Vision

Your feedback will help guide the development of a draft Housing Strategy, which will be presented to Council later this year.

Your input matters—it will help define our community’s vision, goals, and future direction on housing.

Thank you for being part of the conversation and for helping make Milton… A Place of Possibility.

For context that will help complete this survey, please view materials from our 2025 open house.

This is our draft vision for housing in Milton:

"In Milton, everyone has access to safe, stable, and affordable housing. Our diverse housing options provide choice for residents of all ages, abilities, and income levels—helping to make Milton a vibrant, inclusive community.


By fostering collaboration among elected officials, staff, community leaders, and private and non-profit partners, we will address affordability and improve quality of life for all.


Together, we will build a town where everyone has a place to call home."

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How does this vision sound to you?

These are our guiding principles for Milton's Housing Strategy:


  • Remove barriers
    • Streamline development approvals
    • Remove obstacles to a variety of housing options
  • Manage growth effectively
    • Plan for complete communities and economic strength
    • Offer housing and employment choices
    • Stay flexible to meet evolving needs
    • Maintain fiscal responsibility
  • Collaborate and build awareness
    • Partner with private, public, and non-profit sectors
    • Clarify roles and responsibilities
    • Build support for well-aligned housing projects
  • Promote equity, diversity and inclusion
    • Advance equitable housing policies
    • Support engagement from underrepresented groups
    • Identify and address access barriers
  • Ensure accountability and transparency
    • Communicate goals and benchmarks clearly
    • Provide regular progress updates
    • Engage meaningfully with the community
    • Adjust the strategy based on results
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How do these principles sound to you?

These are the draft outcomes we are working toward:

  • More housing supply.
    • Support faster development to meet growth targets.
  • More housing variety.
    • Offer diverse housing types, tenures, and price points.
  • Better housing affordability.
    • Increase access to below-market housing.
  • Stronger partnerships and advocacy. 
    • Co-create solutions with governments, developers, and residents.
  • Transparent monitoring and accountability.
    • Track and report on progress. Adjust as needed.
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How do these outcomes sound to you?

These are possible actions we can take

While some factors are beyond our control, we want to help make buying and renting homes more affordable for low- and moderate-income households. As we develop our Housing Strategy, our approach will fall within the following categories.

  • Policy and regulatory changes (e.g., zoning updates, streamlined approvals)
  • Incentives and tools (e.g., fee relief, grants, density bonuses)
  • Advocacy (e.g., funding and policy changes from senior governments)
  • Collaboration and partnerships (e.g., joint projects with non-profits)
  • Capacity building (e.g., supporting community-led housing solutions)
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Rank the areas of action by priority. (1 = most important to you, 5 = least important to you.)

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What does success look like to you? What specific metrics should we monitor? (e.g., number of new rental units, time to approval)
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How should we report back? Select all that apply.