Zoning dominates discussion on second day of Calgary’s housing strategy hearing
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If Calgary's proposed housing strategy is approved by committee, it will move to a special meeting of city council on Saturday afternoon for a final debate and decision.
Calgarians continued to spill into city hall Friday to share their thoughts on the city’s proposed strategy to address housing affordability, but one recommendation in the plan garnered more attention than others.
It’s the second straight day of public feedback at an extended city committee meeting all focused on ‘Home is Here,’ the city’s proposed housing strategy.
With the cost of renting or owning a home rising exponentially in Calgary, the city’s strategy aims to increase the supply of housing, support affordable housing, help the city’s housing subsidiaries, ensure diverse types of housing to meet the needs of equity-deserving populations, and address the affordable housing needs of Calgary’s Indigenous population.
To achieve the goal of improving housing affordability, the city’s strategy includes close to 80 recommendations from city administration and the city’s Housing Affordability Task Force.
Among those recommendations is a proposal to change the base residential zoning district to include more housing types.
Currently, more than 60 per cent of residential properties in Calgary are zoned to only allow single family homes as a default.
The recommendation asks to change the default zoning type to RC-G, which allows for single family homes, but also different housing like duplexes, triplexes, and row houses.
“It is absolutely imperative that we have a proper mix of housing for everyone to be able to live with dignity in every community in this city,” Mayor Jyoti Gondek said.
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