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ATTN: Anyone who owns property in Calgary. It is time to get involved!
With the Civic elections coming up, we must find our where our potential councel members stand on the key issues facing the city. The biggest one for most of us is "Secondary Suite" legislation.
The lack of affordable housing options combined with th zero vacancy rate and the new rule that even grandfathered secondary suites that were flooded and need to be repaired to provide safe housing will no longer be grandfathered (and therefore even fewer suites available to tenants) means that our city's economy will grow much more slowly, which affects us all.
The short term thinking (and quite frankly selfishness) of the current anti-secondary suite council members is shocking. Look across the country (and even this province) and you can see the success story that affordable secondary suites can be in a city. We must assume that these anti-suiters are:
1. Not concerned with those who can only afford to live in these suites - even with our dramatically increasing rents in the city
2. Would rather see Calgary continue to sprawl outward, instead of densifying
3. Don't fully understand the economics (and time lines and financing issues) behind the building of large multi-family rental only buidlings
4. Must not see that affordable housing is a KEY component in keeping new Calgarians puring in from other parts of the country. It doesn't matter how many jobs we create, if people can't afford to live here, those jobs will eventually disappear.
It is time to stop the political grandstanding and time to start looking at the reality of our housing situation. Tiem for leaders to lead - with the future of the city in mind.
Here's one way you can help, go to this site and vote for 'Secondary Suite' question to be the first BIG question to be poised to each and every candidate. And I suggest those who say they are not in favour, ask a follow up question regarding how they intend on (without City tax payer's dollars) supporting affordable housing for people across the city.
Visit this site and vote to make sure this is an election issue:
Make A Difference in Calgary's election
Let's keep this city growing, lets make it affordable for people to move to, let's provide licensed and safe housing, and let's show our leaders that we CARE about all demographics in this great city.
Thank you in advance:
Don
With the Civic elections coming up, we must find our where our potential councel members stand on the key issues facing the city. The biggest one for most of us is "Secondary Suite" legislation.
The lack of affordable housing options combined with th zero vacancy rate and the new rule that even grandfathered secondary suites that were flooded and need to be repaired to provide safe housing will no longer be grandfathered (and therefore even fewer suites available to tenants) means that our city's economy will grow much more slowly, which affects us all.
The short term thinking (and quite frankly selfishness) of the current anti-secondary suite council members is shocking. Look across the country (and even this province) and you can see the success story that affordable secondary suites can be in a city. We must assume that these anti-suiters are:
1. Not concerned with those who can only afford to live in these suites - even with our dramatically increasing rents in the city
2. Would rather see Calgary continue to sprawl outward, instead of densifying
3. Don't fully understand the economics (and time lines and financing issues) behind the building of large multi-family rental only buidlings
4. Must not see that affordable housing is a KEY component in keeping new Calgarians puring in from other parts of the country. It doesn't matter how many jobs we create, if people can't afford to live here, those jobs will eventually disappear.
It is time to stop the political grandstanding and time to start looking at the reality of our housing situation. Tiem for leaders to lead - with the future of the city in mind.
Here's one way you can help, go to this site and vote for 'Secondary Suite' question to be the first BIG question to be poised to each and every candidate. And I suggest those who say they are not in favour, ask a follow up question regarding how they intend on (without City tax payer's dollars) supporting affordable housing for people across the city.
Visit this site and vote to make sure this is an election issue:
Make A Difference in Calgary's election
Let's keep this city growing, lets make it affordable for people to move to, let's provide licensed and safe housing, and let's show our leaders that we CARE about all demographics in this great city.
Thank you in advance:
Don