Housing
Recent stories about housing
Your turn: BGC Leduc, resilient landscaping
This week's batch of calls for public engagement includes outreach about a proposed youth centre from Boys and Girls Club Leduc and climate-resilient landscaping in Edmonton.
Treaty 6 nations aim to redevelop contentious Rossdale lots
The Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations says it wants to turn vacant land in Rossdale into Alberta's first major Indigenous-led redevelopment.
Developers aim to downzone near downtown
Edmonton city council is set to debate three rezoning applications on July 6 that would see ambitious direct control zones shrunk to allow buildings between eight and 18 storeys.
Student development in The Quarters ready for move-in
The Hive by Elev is ready for students to move in, behind schedule but well ahead of the incentivized projects set to swarm the core in coming years.
Retirement home for queer seniors makes crucial progress
An affordable housing project led by the Edmonton Pride Seniors Group and Right at Home Housing Society now has land and nearly $9 million in provincial funding to build a safe, inclusive development in The Quarters.
Council allocates $925K for winter day spaces
Edmonton city council has voted to fund daytime shelter spaces for another winter after a city report found that more than 6,600 people visited such spaces last season.
Report analyzes housing insecurity in Tri-Municipal Region
More than 1,100 people are living in an insecure housing situation in Parkland County, Spruce Grove, and Stony Plain, says a new report.
Bosco turns up the volume on community while considering development
An organization that supports people-serving non-profits in northeast Edmonton has launched a podcast series on community belonging as it considers what to do next with its sizable land.
Historian seeks to tell the real story of Mill Woods
Mill Woods, the 24-square-kilometre development that makes up most of Edmonton's southeast quadrant, isn't quite what it seems from the outside, says historian Catherine C. Cole.