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Underused Housing Tax

August 21, 2023 | Documents

The UHT requirement is having an unintended and negative impact on farmers across Canada. Many producers own multiple homes due to factors unique to agriculture including the obligation to provide housing to temporary foreign workers and seasonal agricultural workers employed on their farms. Farmers may also acquire housing (abandoned or otherwise) through generational ownership of land or purchasing or leasing land for the strict purpose of farming.

Read the full letter here.