People and vehicles move through downtown Calgary on May 4, 2024.
To deal with a housing crisis, the City of Calgary developed a new housing strategy. Now, someone will be put in charge of implementing it. It's recruiting to fill a newly created job: chief housing officer.To deal with a housing crisis, the City of Calgary developed a new housing strategy. Now, someone will be put in charge of implementing it.
"We have a city that is growing significantly and that demands immediate and urgent attention," said Dalgleish. "A lot of that is about the how — convening the resources that we have across the City of Calgary. A number of departments contribute to the housing strategy, to the implementation and execution of the housing strategy," he said.He pointed out the job comes with a requirement for plenty of collaboration.
Dalgleish said the way the city has handled the implementation of its downtown strategy offers a blueprint for this job.
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