Calgary city council continuing to deliberate housing strategy which includes plans for blanket rezoning changes
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Calgary city council members are continuing to debate a long-awaited housing strategy Saturday, which includes a plan for reducing red tape through blanket rezoning of residential districts to allow for more housing types.
Calgary city council members are continuing to debate a long-awaited housing strategy Saturday, which includes a plan for reducing red tape through blanket rezoning of residential districts to allow for more housing types.
The plan features 80 recommendations and will dictate the city’s housing market from 2024 to 2030.
As of 3 p.m. Saturday afternoon, members of the city’s Community Development Committee are debating 21 proposed amendments to the strategy.
A special meeting of council is scheduled immediately afterwards where a vote in favour or against the recommendations is expected.
According to city administration, the housing strategy as it is currently written will come with a one-time cost of $57.5 million followed by $27 million in annual costs and $10 million in capital costs per year.
Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek says this plan will help increase Calgary’s market and non-market housing supply to allow for more density, while supporting affordable housing providers by free up municipally owned land for development.
The proposal for blanket rezoning to R-CG in Calgary still requires public engagement and council deliberation before any changes could come into effect to legalize new missing-middle housing zoning designations.
