Ontario Regulator Charges GTA Developer Over Unauthorized Sale of 453 Houses

The Ontario regulator responsible for licensing home builders is charging seven companies linked to a single developer with the unauthorized sale of 453 homes.
Charges have been brought against StateView Homes, a Vaughan-based residential developer, following an inquiry by the Home Construction Regulatory Authority (HCRA) that identified hundreds of alleged provincial regulation breaches. 
Violations of the 2017 New Home Construction Licensing Act and the Ontario New Home Warranties Plan Act include the sale of “dozens” of homes while unlicensed and failing to obtain the necessary approvals or enrolments in Ontario’s new home warranty program for hundreds of homes, the HCRA said in a press release….