Housing Justice Alberta

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WOW! The numbers look good. BC's non-profit and co-op housing sector is very entrepreneurial. They are looking to preserve low-cost housing in 25 apartment buildings with a combined total of 1,363 units for over 3,000 residents. dailyhive.com/vancouver/bc-r…

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Poilievre posted a video explaining his analysis of the housing crisis and how he plans to fix it. I’m seeing a lot of people agreeing with all or part of his position. I want to take a moment to show what’s wrong, incredibly wrong, with his analysis and supposed solution. 1/18

I wrote a critical review of Ricardo Tranjan's new book The Tenant Class, with @squashhawley. Get the book from @readBTLbooks. canadiandimension.com/articles/view/…

Acquisitions are a fundamental part of any serious housing plan. In BC the @RentalProFund is a great example that could be scaled to the federal level. For more best practices in acquisitions, see our property acquisitions tools: hart.ubc.ca/property-acqui… thespec.com/news/hamilton-…

Edmonton Land Assessment map is LIVE!🗺️With over 40 hectares of viable municipal land (much of it a stone's throw from downtown), the city has the ability to build hundreds of units of housing on land they already own. #yegpoli View the map here: hart.ubc.ca/land-assessmen…

Land Assessment for Calgary is LIVE 🎉 With over 500 parcels scored, #yyc has an abundance of suitable, amenity-rich city-owned land that could be leased or codeveloped with #nonprofit housing providers to house the existing 50k hhs who are in need. hart.ubc.ca/land-assessmen…

After BC’s 2008 deal with a developer, 224 units of Little Mountain social #housing were torn down & residents ousted. Today, much of site still sits empty @CMHC_ca @FCM_online @BSHNode @airp_vabe @canada_housing @HOME_RL_UNB @BCNPHA via @TheTyee thetyee.ca/News/2023/07/1…

California's population is roughly the same as all of Canada. Cali has 161,548 unhoused people, while our national estimate is 235,000. The total unhoused population in the U.S. is 582,000. We have 40% of their total homelessness, yet ≈10% of their population of 331 million.

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@ForAffordableCA 1) Prove it. Post the data & calculations that support this claim, disaggregated by CMA/CA and REIT. 2) Why rely on median local renters' household incomes? What about REITs' actual tenants? How many REIT tenant households pay <30% in rent?

Always have. In Alberta, over 85% of our homes are rented at less than 30% of the median local renters' household income - CMHC's standard of affordability.

These REITS make a lot of assertions, without citing any evidence. We'd like to see links to financial statements, truly independent reports (not ones you paid EY for), and also links to GoC policies/standards where referenced. foraffordable.ca/did-you-know

So apparently, Canada's REITs now "support" affordable housing 🙄 @ForAffordableCA

Doug Ford says cutting planning regulations & taxes on developers will spur them to build “attainable” homes. But attainable for whom? The latest StatCan data shows 3/5 condo apartments & 1/4 houses built in Ontario over the past 5 years were not occupied by their owner. 🧵👇

#yeg 2021 data drop out now 📢 - despite its reputation as an #affordable city, #Edmonton still has gaps to close, with 40k homes needed under $1.1k and 54% of minimum wage hh in core housing need. 🏠 Read more here: hart.ubc.ca/our-resources/…

"a deal was in reach for the co-op to buy the land for about $6.5 million in 2017; however... a majority of members voted against it" In the end, co-ops are democracies. And sometimes that means bad choices. 😔 timescolonist.com/real-estate-ne…

Housing rights take on new importance in a changing climate. Smokey skies, extreme heat -- and yes, pandemics -- mean sheltering in place. But what if you don't have shelter? Or A/C? Or an air filter?