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After a 16-day long meeting of council and a marathon public hearing, Calgary's city council has voted in favour of changing the city's land use bylaw to rezone residential areas for higher-density housing.Blanket rezoning is just one of the various components of the city's housing strategy that was approved by council last year, but it's been the most high-profile piece of the plan.
Those in support of the bylaw spoke to its ability to eliminate bureaucratic processes allowing Calgary to adapt to a growing population, help those in precarious housing situations, and reinforce other aspects of the housing strategy."The rezoning unlocks the creativity of Calgarians as we respond to our housing challenges. We get more freedom with our land in terms of how we want to be involved in participating and addressing the challenges that we face as a city.
"People are stuck in affordable housing, in apartments ... the availability of those other options is just not there. Because of the price escalations we're seeing, people who are in single detached homes, they're struggling to actually even consider how to downsize.""This decision is important for ensuring that Calgarians can live in our city not only with choice but with dignity," she said.
"This would certainly significantly impact my quality of life if development of this nature was allowed to happen next door to me ... many folks do pick those neighbourhoods, whether it's in the inner city or in the suburbs specifically for that quality of life. So community character ... it does tie into the built forum."
"We have strengthened what happens at development permit by allowing neighbours and community members to have a say when it comes to height, when it comes to lot coverage, when it comes to where the windows are going to be," she said.
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