Calgary’s blanket rezoning passed.

This is what I’m learning about Calgary. Developers are buying lots in established communities and putting up residences to accommodate 8 families. So lots originally designed for one or two families will now have 8. Further, these places can

Smith says election coming if Calgarians disapprove of blanket rezoning westernstandard.news/alberta/smith-…

Calgary’s city council are out of touch with their constituents. 62% of people speaking at the blanket rezoning hearings against the rezoning, they went ahead and pushed it through anyways. So much for representing the people you represent. #disgraceful #yyccc #shameful

'Smith says election coming if Calgarians disapprove of blanket rezoning'
“That is part of the reason we brought in Bill 18 because we want to be able to be an advocate for all of our municipalities so that they don’t feel they have to be pressured into passing policies that will

TIL: Steph Curry has apparently 'been following along with the housing element update' in the affluent Bay Area suburb of Atherton, and opposes rezoning to allow a single-family mansion to become 16 townhomes due to concerns of 'both privacy and safety' 😭

h/t angelaswartz

This is currently being built on 4th Street and 22nd Ave NW. They would have needed to ask permission to build this. With blanket rezoning, these can go up anywhere. You want this next to your house??? This used to be two houses. #yyccc

How did blanket rezoning get passed by Calgary city councilors?

Maybe the same way it did in Edmonton - where Ric McIver reads in 5 articles to #ableg this week, stating that developers donated $58,000 to Edmonton's incoming city councilors...

Even woke Redditors are not a fan of blanket rezoning in Calgary.

CUPE 38 the Union that brought us the 9 council members who voted in Rezoning against Calgarian' Wishes:

.Rachel Emmanuel explains how Calgary city council’s decision to allow for blanket rezoning harms the middle class.

Watch The Alberta Roundup: tnc.news/2024/05/18/tar…

Update on a story I've been following since last year, Calgary city council has just passed the first reading of a bylaw to increase the base residential district in the city to R-CG, effectively allowing multiplexes and rowhouses to be built without individual parcel rezoning.

Gian-Carlo Carra and Calgary building developers are ecstatic about city council's blanket rezoning agenda.

Bill 20 passes 2nd reading without the amendments promised by Ric McIver weeks ago.
Premier Smith has said she won't interfere with controversial rezoning bylaws like the one passed by Calgary city council last week so it begs the question! Why does cabinet want the power to

In response to Calgary’s controversial rezoning plan, Alberta Danielle Smith says she’s concerned that municipalities feel they are being pressured to change policies in order to receive federal funding.

#shameongondek for wasting time and resources on a sham public hearing just to vote 'yes' to blanket rezoning anyways.

The latest #StrongerTogether Podcast with
Sean Sweeney of Hall-Sweeney Properties! He has become known for his beautiful infill projects in Minneapolis. Yet every project has it's challenges. Listen in as Sean describes a major rezoning roadblock and how he overcame it.

We need a multifaceted all-government approach to housing, not a one-size-fits-all solution.

I will support the creation of truly affordable housing that was promised to us through the Greenpoint/ Williamsburg rezoning, built with strong labor standards and tenant protections. I

Bad timing!
We just went through 12 days of hell at City Hall propped up by this YYC Administration and their entire machine feeding us bull💩 over rezoning.
Calgary staff are bloated bureaucrats. And the raise the demand will crank up taxes.
What an insult.
And your GM Quit!

NEW COLUMN. The outrage continues, Councillors urge Calgarians not to forget. Calgary citywide rezoning fight not over — unless Calgarians fall asleep calgaryherald.com/opinion/column… via Calgary Herald #yyc #yyc cc #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli

Bell: Calgary citywide rezoning fight not over — unless Calgarians fall asleep calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…