Land Acknowledgement

In the spirit of reconciliation, we would like to acknowledge

the traditional territories and oral practices of the Blackfoot
Nations, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai.
We also acknowledge the Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First
Nations in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta, as well as
the Métis Region 3 and all the other nations.
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Agenda

1. The Housing Strategy: Proposed Rezoning for Housing

Recommendation Explained
2. Realistic Expectations: The Rules of RC-G and H-GO + Development
Permit Process
3. Moderated Q&A
The Housing Crisis Has Been Decades In The Making.
Behind the Housing Task
Force and Housing Strategy
1. 1 in 5 households need affordable and attainable housing.
2. Canada leads G7 Nations in housing cost increases
3. RBC reports that 74% of Canadian households couldn’t afford a single
detached home. Less than 50% of Canadian households could afford
a starter condo.

Non-Market Housing (affordable housing) is the jurisdiction of the

provincial government and the federal government – but we can help.

1. The City of Calgary is the largest landowner

2. Land is one of the largest challenges for non-market housing
providers

Calgary Maintained An Affordability Edge Through Sprawl.

1. Result: inefficient services, underutilized infrastructure, higher taxes,

more climate damage, community population depletion, lack of
housing choice, economic segregation.
2. The system of housing we maintain is unbalanced and unsustainable.
3. New community growth is a significant part of long-term city
planning and it should and will continue, but balance is required

Non-Market Housing (affordable housing) is the jurisdiction of the

provincial government and the federal government – but we can help.

1. The City of Calgary is the largest landowner

2. Land is one of the largest challenges for non-market housing
providers
We’re talking about this part
Housing for all and in all shapes and sizes

R-C1: Only single detached

homes are legal

R-C2: Singles and Semi’s are

legal

R-CG: Singles, semi’s, and

rowhouses are legal
Legalizing Housing
Choice
1. The proposed rezoning
would make all low scale
housing legal, where it was
once illegal.
2. Canada has the fastest
growing home prices among
our peers.
3. At the same time, our ability
to afford housing is
deteriorating
Rezoning for Housing: How
could this help affordability?
1. Reduces barriers to building more
low-scaled housing that includes:
singles, semis, rowhouses, and
backyard and carriage house suites
2. Reduces timelines for construction
and delivering of new homes
3. Increases supply opportunities to
match growing demand
4. Increased supply reduces competition
for housing
5. Enables more diverse housing options,
i.e. missing middle housing
6. Encourages efficient use of land – the
number one driver of home prices.
7. Encourages homes to be built closer
to important services and amenities
(transit, universities, employment
centers, downtown)
 Beyond affordability – other considerations
1. More efficient use of land for people to live has a net reduction in carbon emissions.
2. Exclusionary Zoning was a tool first designed as a tool of segregation. It was designed
to keep diverse people out of neighbourhoods by increasing home values and denying
mortgages to people who didn’t fit the “neighbourhood character.”
3. Exclusionary Zoning limits the ability for an individual to decide what to do with their
own property. It limits your rights as a landowner.
4. Better zoning increases housing options for families seeking to get into the housing
market.
5. Increase the supply of rental housing, reducing unsustainable rent increases.
6. Supports better transit
7. Supports small businesses
8. Stabilizes populations in community
Realistic Expectations: The Rules of R-CG
 Rowhome beside duplex

R-C2 Zoning

A largerRowhouse beside a Duplex

Closer look
 A Story:
Rowhouse,
Single,
R-CG Rowhouse Rowhouse – Street Facing Duplex

Neighbouring Bungalow and Duplex Duplex beside a Bungalow

Realistic
Expectations:
H-GO vs.
R-CG
H-GO Yellow roads are Neighbourhood
Connector roads
redesignations
proposed only
in approved
LAPs where
designated
appropriate.
What About?!
The Development Permit Process
A development permit is A development
reviewed by: permit is also
circulated to the
1. Bylaw Check: To ensure all following for
rules are followed contextual
2. Local Area Plans/ARPs commentary and
3. Stormwater and
feedback:
Wastewater Infrastructure
4. Emergency Services
including Fire, and First 1. Community
Responders Members
5. Building Code Compliance 2. Community
6. Mobility and Transportation Association
Who is circulated on a 3. Ward Councillor’s
Engineers
development permit and 7. Waste Management Office
how is their feedback taken? (garbage and recycling) 4. School Boards
8. Urban Forestry 5. Business
9. Utilities (Enmax and ATCO) Improvement
Areas
Supplementary Slides For Q&A
Carbon Emissions Per Home
School Population Health
Tree Canopy Targets
Parking & Traffic
West Hillhurst “Parking Canopy”
Killarney Case Study 1968 - 2019
Population Difference: +14 people
+- Homes: +1154 or 22 Homes/year
City Initiated Mainstreet Rezoning to R-CG or to
legalize Single, Semi, and Rowhouses
 R-CG Zoning, Many Housing Types

R-CG Zoning, Many Housing Types

R-CG Zoning, Many Housing Types

R-CG Zoning, Many Housing Types
Will it reduce my property value?

No.
 What percentage of your
constituents are for, or
opposed, to citywide
rezoning?

• There is no way of surveying 100% of constituents to

answer this question, however, there are very clear
indicators.
• There are statistically representative surveys that have
controls in place for age, gender, income, geography.
a) The question asked was: The Task Force recommended
building more housing across the city, including allowing for a
variety of housing forms, such as single detached home,
semi-detached and rowhouses on parcels that currently only
allow for a single detached home and 1 suite. This doesn’t
mean that all parcels will redevelop, but if a property owner
wants to redevelop, there are opportunities for more housing
choice whenever redevelopment becomes an option for that
property owner. It also includes creating incentives for more
affordable market and non-market housing. To what extent
do you support or oppose this recommendation?
1. Housing Strategy Public Hearing, majority of speakers in
favour
2. Year over year, Citizen Satisfaction Survey shows
Housing and Affordable Housing is a top priority in
Ward 8
3. National Surveys on Housing Crisis – Abacus Data