Alberta’s largest city is facing a housing crunch, but council is split on how to address it
The housing strategy will be presented at a community development committee meeting on Thursday. Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the city is in a crisis situation, and has scheduled a special city council meeting for the following weekend.
“If you are wanting to ensure that your community is vibrant, then you need younger families and young professionals to be there,” she said. “They need to have the type of accommodation that suits their needs while they’re just starting out.” A key part of Mr. Poilievre’s pitch on housing has been moving the “big-city gatekeepers” out of the way. He has said that a Conservative government would impose some sort of federal “NIMBY penalty” on gatekeepers, and require cities to preapprove building permits for high-density housing to get federal dollars.
Part of Calgary’s draw for many people is the tantalizing possibility of one day owning a detached home with a yard. In fact, one of the Alberta is Calling ads from last year featured then-premier Jason Kenney pointedly“Young people are moving to Calgary because they’re moving their families – they want a more affordable place to live than Vancouver or some places in Ontario,” Conservative MP Greg McLean, who represents Calgary Centre, said in an interview.
However, any form of rent control is a no-go, he said in an interview, as Alberta’s governing party believes it will eventually kill purpose-built rental starts.
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