Second round of funding rewards municipalities for progress toward housing targets

The Ontario government is awarding the City of Windsor $5,200,000 through the second round of the Building Faster Fund, which provides funding to municipalities that achieve at least 80 per cent of their provincially designated housing targets. Windsor broke ground on 2,306 new homes in 2024, achieving 213 per cent of its 2024 housing target.

This funding will help the City of Windsor build more homes and community infrastructure while advancing the province’s plan to protect Ontario by investing in infrastructure to support economic growth and keep workers on the job.

“Mayor Dilkens and the City of Windsor have done an incredible job supporting new home construction and getting shovels in the ground,” said Premier Doug Ford.

“Today’s investment is a reflection of that hard work and is just the latest step we are taking to protect workers and communities by supporting continued growth and keeping the dream of homeownership alive in Windsor and across Ontario.”

Announced in August 2023, the Building Faster Fund is a three-year, $1.2 billion program that is designed to encourage municipalities to speed up municipal approval processes and get more homes built faster. The fund awards municipalities that make significant progress against their targets by providing funding for housing-enabling and community-enabling infrastructure. The province is also providing record funding to support housing-enabling infrastructure, including through the Housing-Enabling Water Systems Fund and the Municipal Housing Infrastructure Program.

“Windsor has been identified as one of the most important and fastest growing communities to watch in Ontario and Canada,” said Drew Dilkens, Mayor of Windsor.

“As we continue to focus on investment, growth and sustainability, Windsor has been a leader in removing red tape, repurposing City-owned land to promote development and significantly exceeding our housing targets to support housing options and developments in our community. We thank Premier Ford, Minister Flack, MPP Dowie and the province for working to protect Ontario and for this latest major investment in building Windsor’s future.”

The Ontario government is also helping to speed up the construction of new homes and infrastructure, including by streamlining development processes and reducing costs in close partnership with municipalities, through the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025.

“I want to thank Mayor Dilkens along with mayors and local councillors across Ontario who are taking bold action to get shovels in the ground faster,” said Rob Flack, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing.

“Through the Building Faster Fund and our historic investments in infrastructure, our government is giving municipalities every tool in our toolbox to build more homes, so families in Windsor and across our province can find a place to call home.”