Alberta auditor general Doug Wylie poses with his office's November 2024 report, which was released on Monday.
The Alberta government lacks information on the true state of its affordable housing stock and lacks standards and a plan for maintaining it which could hurt the health and safety of the people who live there, according to a new report from the province’s auditor general.Alberta auditor general Doug Wylie poses with his office's November 2024 report, which was released on Monday.
Patty Hayes, the assistant auditor general who examined the file, said putting off maintenance hurts the sustainability of the affordable housing program, as well as the health and safety of the people living in those units. "Those affordable housing units need to be around for a long time and like our vehicles and like our own homes, we need to maintain them," said Alberta Auditor General Doug Wylie at a news conference Monday.Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon was not available to comment on the auditor general's report Monday afternoon. Alysha Wilshoff, his press secretary, sent a written response to CBC News.
Wilshoff said the government issued a request for proposals seeking someone to prepare a long-term strategy for affordable housing maintenance. Money allocated to repairs falls short of the demand, the report said. In 2022-23, housing operators sent 3,400 funding requests that totalled $333 million. The province funded 215 projects at a cost of $31 million.
Managers told the auditor general that they relied on personal knowledge of a facility, old requests and a need to split funding among projects to make their decisions.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Alberta premier agrees with Doug Ford's pitch to explore kicking Mexico out of trade agreementAlberta Premier Danielle Smith answers questions at a news conference in Calgary on February 1, 2024.
Read more »
Final Alberta crop report shows better than average yields for southern Alberta farmersAccording to the last Alberta crop report of 2024, 99.9 percent of crops in the south region have been harvested.
Read more »
Are we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?Other premiers have sent constituents rebate cheques, but as a bonus from a surplus. Mr. Ford’s government is billions of dollars in the red
Read more »
'I side with nurses and docs': Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighs in on hospital parking feesOntario Premier Doug Ford said he doesn’t “think it’s fair” nurses and doctors have to pay for parking at the hospitals and health-care facilities that they work at, after CTV News Toronto highlighted the issue earlier this week.
Read more »
'I side with nurses and docs': Ontario Premier Doug Ford weighs in on hospital parking feesOntario Premier Doug Ford said he doesn't 'think it's fair' nurses and doctors have to pay for parking at the hospitals and health-care facilities that they work at, after CTV News Toronto highlighted the issue earlier this week
Read more »
Like Doug Ford, Robert Moses was hell-bent on building more, better, wider roadsThe pharaonic builder shaped modern New York, building bigger roads which filled up with motorists almost as soon as they opened
Read more »