Housing

Recent stories about housing


A graphic shows the proposed location of a youth centre in the west part of Kinsmen Park in Leduc
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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.

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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.

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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.

Students and staff from The Hive gather in a hallway
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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.

A man wearing a rainbow toque and mitts holds a back that reads 'Edmonton Queer History Project'
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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.

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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.

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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.

People gathered in a verdant garden and a big haul of fresh produce in the foreground.
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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.

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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.