[Shawnski]

Four years ago, I moved into an apartment condo in Bankview. After searching many buildings, I chose this one. Clean, good rental rates, central.... In my four years here, I have been treated very well by the owners, and they have continued to keep the building clean, with respectable tenants. Not once did they ever mention that my rent was going to go up. It has stayed the same since day one.

This morning, I found a note under my door. The building was sold. OK, no problem, can probably expect an increase in rent with the new owners, as that is not out of the norm. Nope... not even close.

A couple hours later, a knock on my door.... two ladies there from the new "company", which turns out to be Calgary Housing Company, a company that manages low/modest income housing.

I am getting evicted in order that someone with a certain level of income can move in. They will, however, provide me with a small token payment to cover moving costs.

Lovely.

I dig deeper into this "company", which is when I find out it is in fact the City of Calgary (nothing within the package of documents indicated this...), and I find out whom they are going to be helping out with this program. Turns out that not only would I fall into their target group, but in fact the rates that the new people coming in will be HIGHER than what we are currently being charged!!! There are some nice elderly ladies living here too that I am SURE are in financial heaven... they too have to vacate. Everyone does.

So in essence, this government program is only going to be shuffling the deck, moving some modest income people out (about 200 or so) in order to move other modest income people IN. In a nutshell, I now have to find other accommodations (in a very low vacancy rate market) for WHAT?

Bloody governments. I have no problem with a program to help people with housing, but BUILD NEW. Taking the roof from over someones head in this manner is absolute BS.

Bronco... another Liberal that needs to be punted.

/rant