The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the

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of the

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that is responsible for

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affairs and

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in the Canadian province of

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. The current Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing is Steve Clark.

History

The Department of Municipal Affairs was established in 1934 by the ''Department of Municipal Affairs Act'', which was passed in 1935. It inherited the municipal administrative and regulatory functions which had briefly been the responsibility of the

Ontario Municipal Board The Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) was an independent administrative board, operated as an adjudicative tribunal, in the province of Ontario, Canada. It heard applications and appeals on municipal and planning disputes, as well as other matters sp ...

. Initially, it was responsible for supervising the affairs of the municipalities whose real property tax-revenue base had collapsed during

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. After The

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, it became more involved in the provision of administrative and financial advice and support to municipalities. From 1947 until 1955, the Minister of Municipal Affairs acted as the

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, and the Office of the Registrar General was attached to the department. This office was transferred to the Department of the Provincial Secretary in 1955. In April 1972, the department was dissolved, with most of its functions being transferred to the newly created Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Inter-governmental Affairs, but with the assessment function being given to the Ministry of Revenue. In 1973, the Ministry of Housing was established by The ''Ministry of Housing Act'', inheriting the Plans Administration Branch from the Ministry of Treasury, Economics and Intergovernmental Affairs, as well as the

Ontario Housing Corporation Public housing policies in Canada includes rent controls, as well as subsidized interest rates and grants. Early public housing policy in Canada consisted of public-private lending schemes which focused on expanding home ownership among the middle ...

from the Ministry of Revenue. In 1981, the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing was formed by the consolidation of municipal affairs functions into the Ministry of Housing.

List of Ministers

References

External links

* {{ONGovDept Municipal Affairs and Housing