A new home in Burlington that sells for $512,200 or less now counts as affordable for Halton's development-charge break. Development charges are the fees builders pay when they put up new homes, to help cover roads, pipes and other services a growing city needs. Ontario's updated bulletin, in effect since July 1, sets the price and rent limits that decide which new homes are spared those fees. The $512,200 figure is Burlington's income-based limit for homes people buy.
For rental units, the limits are monthly rents by unit size. The same limits also decide which buildings qualify for Halton's property tax reduction for affordable rental housing.
The price limits for homes people buy rose about 6 per cent across Halton's four municipalities compared with the limits set in August 2025. Rent limits moved less evenly: the one-bedroom limit in Burlington, as in Milton, went up just 1 per cent.
Cyndy Winslow, Halton Region's finance commissioner and treasurer, laid out the yearly update in a memo to Regional Council, the elected body that runs region-wide services. The memo is on the agenda for council's regular meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 4.
