Minister of Housing Sean Fraser sent a letter to Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek on Thursday.
Minister of Housing Sean Fraser sent a letter to Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek on Thursday detailing what the city will have to do in order to receive money from the Housing Accelerator Fund.As the City of Calgary continues deliberations regarding its official housing strategy, the pressure has been taken to another level as the City's choices could determine whether it receives federal funding.
Fraser said that he was pleased that those actions were on the agenda, but stressed that Calgary's Housing Accelerator Fund application will not be approved unless the first action — ending exclusionary zoning — is approved. "I wish to inform you that Calgary’s Housing Accelerator Fund application will not be approved unless you follow through to create the new missing middle zoning designations of H-GO and R-CG, as you laid out in your application," wrote Fraser."Otherwise said, in order to receive a positive decision from me on your application, you must end exclusionary zoning in your city.
, a key component of which entails withholding funding from cities that fail to meet housing targets . Poilievre has been critical of the Housing Accelerator Fund, mockingly calling it the "Housing Decelerator Fund" because it was conceptualized in 2021 but did not disperse any funding until this week, when
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