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Report Back – Cornerstones Inclusionary Affordable Housing Policy meeting (Apr 23/08)
Submitted by Greg Farrants on Sun, 04/27/2008 - 11:43.Report Back – Cornerstones Inclusionary Affordable Housing Policy meeting
April 23, 2008
The public input portion of the Inclusionary Housing policy meeting was overall a success. This meeting, in terms of affordable housing in Edmonton and Alberta, was extremely important. Essentially, the meeting was about how to distribute affordable housing across the city and how to encourage inclusionary housing to private industry given a fixed budget and legislative limitations in the Municipal Government Act.
Low-cost housing should be mandatory, not voluntary
Submitted by Greg Farrants on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 09:29.Low-cost housing should be mandatory, not voluntary
The Edmonton Journal
Published: Monday, January 07
Originally titled: "Choosing profit over people: City Council’s affordable housing solution for industry"
In Alberta, governments side with business, not the people, and the housing issue is no exception.
Hollow Pledge or Serious Plan?
Submitted by Greg Farrants on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 23:30.Hollow Pledge or Serious Plan? A way to monitor the Alberta government on their 10-year plan
Survivor Sex: Disturbing tales of Edmonton’s housing crunch
Submitted by Steven Sutankayo on Sat, 12/15/2007 - 13:58.Tuesday, November 20, 2007
"Survivor Sex"
Local youths trading shelter for sex
By Brookes Merritt
Available at: http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Alberta/2007/11/20/4671582.html
Youth workers call them the darkest, most disturbing tales of Edmonton’s housing crunch: girls, sometimes younger than 14, turning tricks on cold winter nights in exchange for shelter.
Novel idea for housing
Submitted by Greg Farrants on Sat, 12/01/2007 - 20:54.Sat, December 1, 2007
Novel idea for housing
If we don't build a new Lt.-Gov. residence, give land to the homeless
By DANIEL MACISAAC, SUN MEDIA
Dave Dippie is proposing a novel way to solve Alberta's housing crisis.
Following the government's decision not to build a new house for Lt.-Gov. Norman Kwong on St. George's Crescent, Dippie is suggesting converting the vacant land into a housing project. After all, as a taxpayer, he owns it.
