Albion Building Consultant Inc. — $1,018,750 fine December 15, 2025; 124 charges, 39 homes; largest HCRA enforcement case to date

Claim: Albion Building Consultant Inc. (principal: Zamal Hossain) is HCRA's largest enforcement case to date. On December 15, 2025, Albion and Zamal Hossain pleaded guilty and were fined $1,018,750, with proceeds directed to the affected municipality. Court restraining order remains in effect.

Source: https://www.hcraontario.ca/news/hcra-charges-lead-to-more-than-1-million-in-fines-for-illegal-building/

Confidence: Verified.

Timeline — the full enforcement stack:

• 2022: Convicted in the Ontario Court of Justice; fined over $200,000 for illegal building and failing to enrol new homes with Tarion.
• January 2023: Lost appeal at the LAT after HCRA proposed not to renew its licence.
• Early 2024: HCRA revoked Albion's licence, finding it "would not operate lawfully or with honesty and integrity."
• February 2024: Search warrant executed at Albion's offices; second-ever HCRA freeze order issued (the first was against Highbridge Construction, February 2023).
• March 2024: HCRA refused Dynasty Home Builders Inc.'s licence application, finding it was a Phoenix-application ploy by Albion principals. See OBD search workflow — search by legal name AND principal name; umbrellas and Phoenix applications hide history under marketing brands.
• September 12, 2024: 124 charges laid against Albion and five associates over 40 new homes — the largest investigation in HCRA history.
• December 15, 2025: Guilty plea; $1,018,750 fine.

CEO Wendy Moir: "Albion's repeated disregard for Ontario's homebuilding laws has led to serious consequences, culminating in the largest enforcement case in HCRA history."

Pattern illustrated: the full enforcement stack — refusal, revocation, freeze order, search warrant, prosecution — escalated against a builder who kept resurfacing under new names.