Proposed Amendment to the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan

Mar 13, 2026

Public Notices

Description of Proposed Amendment

The City of Burlington is proposing an amendment to the Affordable Rental Housing Community Improvement Plan (ARHCIP) adopted by Council on April 15, 2025. The proposed amendment will:

introduce changes to the ARHCIP to expand the range of housing options, tenures, and affordability that support a new temporary financial incentive program;

introduce a new, temporary financial incentive program with respect to grants equivalent to a portion, or all, of the City’s development charges;

propose specific eligibility criteria (location, tenure, level of affordability, size of unit, timing, etc.) to describe the nature and depth of any proposed incentive.

At the Special Meeting of Council on March 2, 2026, staff were directed by Council to prepare an amendment to the ARHCIP to introduce a new, temporary City Development Charges exemption program. The program would be applicable to eligible housing units for a two-year period. The proposed financial incentive program is intended to support construction activity that aligns with the City’s housing objectives identified in the City’s Housing Strategy.

Statutory Public Meeting

You are invited to attend a Statutory Public Meeting, under the Planning Act, on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, to provide comments on the proposed ARHCIP amendment. No decisions about the proposal have been made yet. We are asking for your feedback to inform a future recommended amendment to the Committee of the Whole. This meeting will be held at Burlington City Hall, 426 Brant St.

Date: April 14, 2026
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Location: Online at burlington.ca/meetings or in person at Burlington City Hall, Council Chambers, Floor 2, 426 Brant St.

Feedback and comments received at the Statutory Public Meeting will inform a recommended ARHCIP amendment that will be presented for Council’s consideration in the future.

How to Obtain Materials

The proposed ARHCIP amendment will be available for public review on Monday, March 23, 2026. The draft amendment will be available on the City’s website at getinvolvedburlington.ca/housingstrategy. The staff report will be available Thursday, April 2, 2026 and can be found at burlington.ca/meetings by searching for the Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday, April 13, 2026. If you require a hard copy of the report, please email Legislative Services at clerks@burlington.ca to arrange pick up.

Speaking at the Statutory Public Meeting as a Delegation

To speak at the public meeting, there are two options:

Pre-register to speak by noon on Friday, April 10, 2026. You can pre-register in one of the following ways:

Complete the online delegation request form at burlington.ca/delegation;

Submit a written request by email to Legislative Services at clerks@burlington.ca, or

Phone 905-335-7600, ext. 7481

If you are viewing the livestream, you can register to speak by emailing clerks@burlington.ca, as noted in the ticker tape that will be scrolling along the bottom of the live stream webcast of the meeting with registration information.
If you are attending the meeting in person, you can register to speak during the meeting by following instructions provided at the meeting.

Speakers are limited to a maximum of 10 minutes each and are webcast online. If you have presentation materials, they must be submitted to Legislative Services by email at clerks@burlington.ca no later than noon, Friday, April 10, 2026 to allow for their distribution and review by all members of the Committee. Please note the content of all submissions is considered public and will be posted on the City’s website.

Attend an Open House

In addition to the Statutory Public Meeting, public engagement sessions will be held. You are invited to an upcoming open house to share your feedback and help shape Burlington’s Community Improvement Plan.

Virtual Public Open House
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 1 – 3 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

In-Person Public Open House
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Location: In person at Appleby Ice Centre, Community Room 1, 1201 Appleby Line

Virtual Public Open House
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Location: Online via Zoom

All open house options are an opportunity to provide comments on the proposed amendment.

You may also send your comment correspondence by email to housingstrategy@burlington.ca by noon Friday, April 10, 2026, if you wish for it to be distributed and reviewed by all members of the Committee in advance of the Committee of the Whole meeting on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.

You may also request a meeting to talk to a Planner about the proposed ARHCIP amendment. This engagement opportunity is open until Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Send an email to housingstrategy@burlington.ca to book a meeting time.

Looking for more information?

For more information about the proposed ARHCIP amendment or the City’s Housing Strategy, email housingstrategy@burlington.ca or visit the City’s Housing Strategy web page at getinvolvedburlington.ca/housingstrategy. To sign up for notifications on the Get Involved Burlington page, scroll to the bottom of the page and enter your email address.