The Ontario Home Builders' Association is currently investigating a fee increase for the 2024-2025 membership year.

OHBA dues are billed through and collected by DRHBA and remitted back to OHBA.  Currently, members pay $400 to OHBA as part of their yearly dues.  

OHBA created a presentation to explain/justify the fee increase, which can be reviewed here.

There are two fee options currently being proposed:

Flat Fee

Under the proposed Flat Fee model, the proposed rates are as follows:

• Builders/Developers - $1,000
• Renovators - $700
• Professionals/Suppliers/Trades - $600

Tiered Fee

The tiered fee model provides a breakdown of builder/developer members into further categories based on number of units, with an annual flat fee charged for each category.  The proposed rates are as follows:

Builder/Developers

• Ultra (151 plus units) - $5,000
• Large (101-150 units) - $3,000
• Medium (51-100 units) - $1,500
• Small (11-50 units) - $1,000
• Custom - $500

Renovators - $600

Professionals/Suppliers/Trades - $500

Rebate

OHBA fees are paid with every local HBA that you are a member of.  For example, if you belong to three local home builders' associations, you would pay the OHBA fees three times.  To account for this, OHBA is proposing that under the new fee structure, members who join multiple locals will receive a rebate directly from OHBA.  The proposed rebate is:

• 20% for 2-5 local memberships
• 22.5% for 6-10 local memberships
• 25% for 11-22 local memberships

Response to OHBA

DRHBA's board of directors is looking for feedback from members on OHBA's proposed fee increase.  This feedback will be used to create DRHBA's official response to OHBA.  Members can send their feedback to Stacey or you can take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2ND2QRZ.  

Your voice matters!  Please provide your feedback to ensure that your voice is heard.