{"id":30956,"date":"2024-11-13T17:32:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/?p=30956"},"modified":"2024-11-13T17:32:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T17:32:52","slug":"alberta-to-announce-plan-to-speed-up-home-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambassadornews.org\/en\/alberta-to-announce-plan-to-speed-up-home-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta to announce plan to speed up home building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Alberta government is set to announce a new initiative to help build homes in the province<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Seniors, Community and Social Services Minister Jason Nixon will be unveiling the details of the plan at the McDougall Centre in Calgary on Wednesday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">He will be joined by executives from the Building Industry and Land Development Association, a group that represents home builders, land developers and other companies involved in the construction industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Details of the strategy have not been released, but the announcement comes a day after Habitat for Humanity Canada released a report about issues over housing affordability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The organization, which helps provide affordable housing to thousands of Canadians coast-to-coast, released its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/habitat.ca\/en\/news\/2024housingsurvey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Affordable Housing Survey(opens in a new tab)<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday that looked at the broader implications of the country&#8217;s housing crisi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Habitat for Humanity found that 84 per cent of Calgarians believe home ownership has become a luxury, which is on par with the national average<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">It also found that 88 per cent of Canadian renters feel they will never own a home<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">&#8220;Canadians are sending a clear message: the housing crisis is no longer just about housing,&#8221; 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