The city’s search for post-flood housing options could resurrect the controversial debate allowing secondary suites across Calgary.
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Housing-poor students plan push for secondary suites
With lectures and orientations gearing up this week, hundreds of post-secondary students are still struggling to find homes amid Calgary’s tight rental market.
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Stringent fire code for secondary suites, says fire marshal
The Grande Prairie Fire Department has decided to weigh-in on life saving features, which are sometimes ignored, that come along with building a secondary suite.
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Secondary suites popular, but specific rules apply: City
Secondary suites play a small role in solving sky-high rental rates and next to no vacancy in a booming city such as Grande Prairie.
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Projects given final readings
A temporary manufactured home will be going up adjacent to the Green Acres Animal Hospital, secondary suites will be better placed at the new Garry Station subdivision and more housing options will be available in Copperwood.
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Push to ease limits on secondary suites fails again
Calgary homeowners may be prohibited from rebuilding several legal basement suites that were destroyed in last month’s flood, council heard Monday.
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No secondary suite relief in sight as housing crunch worsens
Mayor Naheed Nenshi predicts the rental vacancy rate will approach zero after the floods pushed hundreds from their homes, but also notes that it probably won’t be possible for city council to ease secondary suite rules until near the end of 2013.
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Garage suites will get more debate by councillors
The topic of allowing garage suites in Sylvan Lake hasn’t gone away yet.
During their meeting Monday night, Sylvan Lake councillors unanimously approved a motion directing staff to prepare changes to the town’s Land Use Bylaw concerning garage suites.
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Cheap suites are not the answer
The City of Edmonton has extended a $3 million grant program to encourage low-cost secondary suites in private homes, but the real demand in the city is not for cheap rentals.
A recent Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) survey found that, in a city where the overall rental vacancy rate is 1.7 per cent, the vacancy rate in units that rent for less than $750 per month is approaching 3.5 per cent and was as high as 5.5 per cent a year ago.
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Secondary Suites Debate Continues
The path to legal secondary suites in Calgary may get a little easier, in some neighbourhoods.
A report released by the City’s planning department is recommending changes to the way the suites are handled. City bureaucrats have suggested easing permit requirements in certain districts, such as areas within walking distance of major transit stops and postsecondary schools.
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