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News & Updates

(Dates are the dates we posted the links here--not necessarily the dates that the stories were published.)

September 25, 2007

• Toronto Star: Toronto could learn a lot from Calgary
• Regina Leader Post: Land development: Cut out the middleman

September 24, 2007

• Metro Calgary: Affordable housing rally hits City Hall
• 770 CHQR: Crowd Wants Action on Homelessness, Marches to City Hall
• FFWD Weekly: The long and winding road
• CBC: Calgary homeless shelter to consider high-tech security

August 23, 2007

• Edmonton Journal: City considers affordable housing rules
• Calgary Sun: Survivor lauds street aid

August 22, 2007

• Edmonton Sun: Boom for whom? Protestors see economic contradiction
• The Guantlet: Homless Shelter Announced for Winter
• Calgary Herald: Women are 'hidden homeless'
• Calgary Herald: Emergency meeting to discuss winter shelter
• Calgary Herald: Agencies split over help for homeless
• Edmonton Sun: Housing advocates back rental registry
• Edmonton Journal: Tent city site was once designated for affordable housing

August 8. 2007

• Alberta Index: Real estate board says Calgary housing stock at year’s peak, while prices continue to rise
• CHQR 770: U of C pleads for Student Housing
• Canoe.ca: Housing crunch hits U of C

August 3, 2007

• CBC: Landlords to place empty suites in rent subsidy program
• CHQR 770: Apartment Owners Group Launches Plan For Affordable Housing Units

July 31, 2007

• Fast Foward: Council won't budge on secondary suites
• Fast Foward: Stampeding activists; Protestors crash Premier's party
• Toronto Star: Follow British Lead on affordable housing

July 20, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Secondary Suites merit broader use
• Edmonton Journal: City opens door to more basement suites; Bylaw change expected this year on two-stage relaxation of rules, beginning with newer suburbs
• CBC: Alberta to pursue rent program scammers
• Calgary Herald: Stelmach vows to punish misuse of housing fund
• CBC: Province won't tear down Edmonton's tent city
• Calgary Herald: No jail for egging homeless man

July 18, 2007

• CBC: New emergency shelter in Calgary not a solution, some say

June 29, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Fritz Appointed to housing post
• CHQR 770: Calgary Affordable Housing Given a Boost
• Globe and Mail: Stelmach gives Calgary a larger role in Cabinet

June 25, 2007

• Metro: Home is where the heartache is - our front page glory!

June 12, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Rally pans Tories over 'condo-ization'
• Calgary Sun: Affordable Housing Solution Challenge Issued
• 770 CHQR: Affordable Housing Protest in Calgary
• Reuters: Canada Housing Prices Jump 0.8%
• Edmonton Journal: Encourage Basement Suites in New Homes: Report
• Calgary Herald: Students caught in housing crisis

May 11, 2007

• 770 CHQR: Calgary Housing Group Calling for Tax Breaks. (Note that the implication of the article is not entirely accurate. Amongst the many things that can be done to address the housing crisis, I included tax incentives—which is not just tax breaks for appropriate building, but also tax increases for inappropriate building. —Grant)

April 27, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Alberta to build affordable homes, reject rent controls
• Calgary Herald: Tories reject rent control, but limit rent hikes
• Calgary Herald: Rent control effects debated
• Calgary herald: Is rent control the answer?
• Calgary Herald: A dumb idea that sounds good
• Calgary Herald: Its about certainty and security
• Calgary Sun: Housing advocate pushing for rent control, subsidies
• Calgary Sun: Sometimes the cure is worse than the symptom
• Calgary Sun: Province's pretend populists punt rent controls...
• Calgary Sun: Council needs pickup

• Edmonton Sun: Housing on budget list

  April 23, 2007

• CTV.ca: Homelessness experts meet in Calgary

• Calgary Herald: New York to share homeless lessons
• Edmonton Journal: Rent caps get mixed reviews

• Edmonton Journal: Ed plugs evictee: Premier says its better to put them up in hotels than in tents

  April 20, 2007

• CBC: Alberta budget promises $33B in spending

• Edmonton Sun: Housing on budget list
• Calgary Herald: Bronconnier's harsh critique a surprise to minister
• Calgary Sun: Broken promises blasted
• Calgary Sun: Province struggles with growth pressures
• Calgary Herald: Increases fail to keep up with inflation: critics

April 18, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Stelmach against rent controls
• CHQR 770: NDP Housing Critic Backs Recommendation For Rent Controls

April 17, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Task force backs rent controls
• CBC: Task force recommends rent controls in Alberta

April 16, 2007

• Calgary Herald: City's homeless erect tent city
• Calgary Herald: Council earns an F for bylaw dithering
• CBC: Homelessness in Canada: An interview with Cathy Crowe and Rainer Driemeyer
• Calgary Herald: National home sales hit new record

April 15, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Too Boosterish

April 9, 2007

• Calgary Herald: Shelter shuts down as weather improves
• Calgary Sun: Bulk of shelter users 'working poor'

April 7, 2007

• Calgary Sun: [Bell's Right On] (http://calsun.canoe.ca/Comment/Letters/2007/04/07/3943292.html)

April 6, 2007

• Calgary Herald: B.C. shows value of action: Alberta's befuddled leaders dither over homeless crisis
• Calgary Sun: Alberta's Tories are actually (No, really, April Fool's was last week) thinking about bringing in rent control (No, really, I'm serious!)
• International: Tent city shames Paris into helping its homeless

April 5, 2007

• Gauntlet: Students host affordable housing forum.

April 3, 2007

• Calgary Sun: Trailer parks urged to ease housing crisis
• Calgary Herald: City agrees to shelter homeless
• FFWD: Ever outward spread of the radiant city

March 29, 2007

• Gauntlet: [City Set to Ease Bylaws on Secondary Suites] (http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/11267)

March 22, 2007

• FFWD: Secondary suites urged.

March 20, 2007

• CBC: Proposed rules for basement suites controversial
• Calgary Sun: Secondary suites could ease housing crunch, council hears
• Calgary Herald: First-time buyers scambling for homes

March 18, 2007

• Calgary Sun: Housing advocate pushing for rent controls, subsidies
• Calgary Herald: Rental 'crisis' wider than feared: Housing shortage spread across the province, task force says
• Calgary Sun: Rent guidelines? Controls? Subsidies? Whatever you wanna call 'em, it's time the Tories shock Albertans and help working stiffs a bit

March 16, 2007

• CBC: Homeless shelter to close for street widening

March 15, 2007

• CBC: Housing affordability still sliding in parts of the West

March 13, 2007

• CBC: Population of Calgary increased by 12.4 per cent (between the years 2006 and 2001)

March 5, 2007

• Calgary Sun: Cement company eyeing local work camps
• CBC: Company wants to set up work camp near Calgary

March 1, 2007

• CBC: Affordable housing task force hits Calgary
• FFWD: [More co-op housing needed] (http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2007/0301/news1.htm)

February 26, 2007

• CBC: Seniors home residents face big rent hike
• CBC: Alberta posts $7 billion surplus
• CBC: Appeal board rejects Sunalta halfway house plan

February 16, 2007

• CBC: Small city with a big homeless problem is committee's first stop

February 2, 2007

• CBC: Neighbours seeing red over Calgary homes going green.

February 1, 2007

• CBC: Alberta strikes affordable housing task force

January 17, 2007

• CBC: Realtors predict moderate gains in Calgary, Edmonton

January 16, 2007

• CBC: Hot economy stressing out Calgarians

January 10, 2007

• Calgary Herald: CEOs promise homeless solution: Committee to present ideas in 18 months

January 9, 2007

• CBC: Execs, charities plan to end Calgary homelessness
• CBC: Edmonton strikes affordable housing deal with developer

January 8, 2007

• Globe & Mail: Parisian tent city raises stakes for homeless: Social protest spurs French government to enshrine in law a right to housing

January 5, 2007

• CBC: Calgary, Edmonton housing prices jump in 2006

December 21, 2006

• CBC: Affordable housing in Alberta a priority for minister, advocates

December 14, 2006

• CBC: Emergency shelter opens in former Brick

December 12, 2006

• CBC: Website helps Santa find Calgary's homeless
• CBC: Albertans save thousands on Sask.-built homes.

December 6, 2006

• CBC: Homeless man fined $115 for spitting

December 5, 2006

• CBC: Stelmach's promises range from new campuses to royalty review

November 23, 2006

• CBC: New rules for Alberta basement suites
• CBC: Shelter for homeless scarce as mercury drops

November 21, 2006

• Canoe CNews: Calgary bans public peeing, fighting, spitting

November 20, 2006

• CBC: Calgary passes public behaviour bylaw
• Calgary Sun: Behaviour bylaw passes
• 660 CFFR: Bad Behavior Bylaw
• 770 CHQR: Protest Staged Over Bad Behaviour Bylaw

November 16, 2006

• FFWD Weekly: Renters shafted: Unscrupulous landlords taking advantage

Friday, November 3, 2006

• CBC: Concerns raised about temporary homeless shelter

Saturday, October 28, 2006

• CBC: Former Brick store to house Calgary's homeless this winter

Saturday, October 14, 2006

• Calgary Sun: Hundreds urged to flee asbestos, Tests continue for Tsuu T'ina asbestos
• Canada.com: 400 forced from unsafe homes: Asbestos feared on Tsuu T'ina in dilapidated army barracks
• Globe & Mail: Still plenty of bang left in Alberta Inc.. Apartment landlord Boardwalk is seeing massive growth - share value is up 66.4 percent
• Globe & Mail: New house prices surge 12.1 per cent
• Calgary Sun: Economic warning signs. Alberta outlook strong, but inflation a threat

Thursday, October 12, 2006

• Bloomberg: Canada August New Home Prices Rise at Fastest Rate Since 1989.
• National Post: Alberta sends new-home prices soaring
• CBC: Edmonton, Calgary lead the way as new housing costs rise in August, House prices in Alberta keep surging
• Saskatoon Star Phoenix: Home prices fuel concerns: Inflation likely result of housing boom: analysts
• Edmonton Journal: Edmonton sets building record: Posts 40% increase in September over last year
• Globe & Mail: Lull in multiple-unit building slows starts to one-year low.
• AM770 CHQR: Multi-Family Housing Starts Drop In Calgary In September

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

• Calgary Sun: House prices take 'breather'
• CBC: House prices in Alberta keep surging
• Calgary Herald: Calgary housing price hikes lead the nation
• 770 CHQR: Multi-Family Housing Starts Drop In Calgary In September
• 770 CHQR: algary Alderman Does Not Want To See Property Taxes Go Up
• CBC: Alberta social services staff lured away by higher-paying jobs

Monday, October 9, 2006

• Calgary Herald: Calgary's homeless hold on to hope at Thanksgiving
• CBC News: Foster homes in short supply in Alberta
• Globe & Mail: There's no place like homelessness
• Globe & Mail: Sizzle turns to fizzle as Alberta's growth cools
• Calgary Sun: Calgary building still booming

Thursday, October 5, 2006

• CBC: Nowhere to live in Calgary, activist tells migrant workers
• Calgary Herald: Buyers get break as home market cools
• Calgary Sun: Prices are up but sales are down

Thursday, September 28, 2006

Some more recent local news related to the housing crisis:

• CBC: Day cares in Alberta can't find staff: report
• Calgary Sun: More cash sought in housing crunch
• Calgary Sun: Alberta's population booming past national rate
• Calgary Sun: House prices scaring off buyers

Tuesday, September 26, 2006

Some recent local news related to the housing crisis:

• Calgary Sun: Senior's worries double. An 87-year-old woman is losing her home of 40 years to a massive rent increase - while recovering from cancer treatment
• Calgary Sun: Aparments like 'ghetto'. People with no other housing options are stuck in terrible living conditions at Murdoch Manor
• Calgary Sun: Mean streets. Critical growing problems for homelessness in Calgary
• Calgary Sun: Grande Prairie looks to park its homeless. Cities across the province are being hit by the crisis. In Grande Prairie, they're looking at some desperate measures to shelter the homeless.

August 17, 2006

• FFWD: [Housing a Human Right, Says Coalition] (http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/2006/0817/news1.htm)