[Ost-news] "A look at Alberta's new housing plan"

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A look at Alberta's new housing plan

Martin Lussier  
Gauntlet News

November 08, 2007

Rental vacancies have been lower than 0.5 per cent in Calgary. 

Premier Ed Stelmach announced the government would be undertaking a 10-year plan to address homelessness in communities across Alberta last week. This announcement couldn't come at a better time for some, as the 2006 Homeless Count of Calgary identified over 3,400 people without homes. Stelmach pledged to build 11,000 affordable homes over the next ten years, 4,000 of which are to be built in Calgary.

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