The Town of Huntsville is using all the tools in its arsenal to incentivize the building of more housing in the community.

While housing is primarily a function of the District of Muskoka, Huntsville Mayor Nancy Alcock said Town officials have put their thinking hats on to consider everything they could do to try to help get that housing off the ground.

Alcock gave credit to Director of Planning Services Kirstin Maxwell for putting together a comprehensive housing action plan, one she and Councillor Scott Morrison provided input on.

The Housing Action Plan , which contains 17 recommendations across all different types of municipal policy areas, was approved by the council in March, and parts of it are slowly being implemented. Maxwell did note that the majority of the recommendations

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