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UCP redesign rental assistance programme

The party expects the changes will help 11,600 households. Meanwhile, 500,000 people have unaffordable rent prices.

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Alberta announces 4 Indigenous housing projects

This despite cutting the Indigenous Housing Capital Program by nearly half.

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UCP announce opening of senior housing announced by NDP

Late last month, the Alberta government announced the opening of a seniors housing facility in the town of Innisfail. The replacement facility was actually announced and started under the NDP government, but you wouldn’t know that from last month’s announcement. Not only was there no mention of the previous government, there wasn’t even mention that […]

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New report shows Lethbridge rent is unaffordable

Plus, rent here for a 1 bedroom place is the least affordable in the province.

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Panel to UCP government: Privatize affordable housing

The 10-member panel was stacked with real estate developers, private property managers, and UCP donors.

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New affordable seniors housing announced for Lethbridge

This funding was made possible thanks to a 10-year bilateral agreement signed under the Alberta NDP in 2019.

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UCP government cutting Indigenous housing fund in half

Yesterday, the provincial government announced that it’ll spend $32 million over the next 3 years in the Indigenous Housing Capital Program. There are a couple things you should know.

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UCP reveals affordable housing review panel

Last week, Josephine Pon, Alberta’s minister over seniors and housing, announced that she had created an expert panel to review affordable housing in the province.

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Lethbridge City Council appoints SCS critics to board overseeing affordable housing

On 28 October 2019, Lethbridge City Council appointed the following 3 people to the Lethbridge Housing Authority.