Calgary Housing Company seeing 'bottleneck' as applications surge, turnover slows

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A newer Calgary Housing property. The company is the largest landlord in Calgary, managing 9,202 some units, housing over 27,000 people.

This is a newer Calgary Housing property. The company is the largest landlord in Calgary, managing more than 9,200 units, housing over 27,000 people. The Calgary Housing Company is Alberta's largest affordable housing provider and is feeling the effects of those issues. It's experiencing low turnover in its residents and skyrocketing applications.

Woodgate has been the president and CEO since 2015. The provider manages properties owned by the city, the province and the Calgary Housing Company.'Kind of dehumanizing': What it's like trying to find a decent place to rent in Calgary these days "Previously, we had about 100 households a year move into home ownership and about 1,400 households move out primarily into market rental housing," said Woodgate. "We're seeing half of that number right now.""We need to maintain the housing that we have," said Woodgate. "The housing that Calgary Housing Company manages is on average 40 years old."Silvera for Seniors is an affordable and mixed-income housing provider in Calgary.

Arlene Adamson, CEO of Silvera for Seniors, says Silvera is seeing people with greater complexities applying to live in the units.

 

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