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Originally Posted by Muta
That's one solution, but not the only one. You can have larger complexes of affordable housing that create senses of user comfort, community living, and affordability. A mutually beneficial relationship can be had from integrating architecture and its natural surroundings. There's design competitions dedicated to this sort of thing.
Large complexes don't have to follow traditional, concentrated 'slum' models. There's more to the design of this growing building type that what people think. In fact, just as one example, there's a clever solution right here in our city - Arrive in Bowness.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real...ticle37109995/ |
Attainable Homes isn't low income housing...
It's a program set up by the city to help median income Calgarians meet the down payment requirements. Those Arrive townhouses were sold for $320-340k. Just about market price.
Nothing about attainable homes helps low income Calgarians. Not unless being able to qualify for a $300k mortgage is now considered low income. All they get is down payment help. They still have to fully qualify for and pay the mortgage. They get no subsidies other than the 5% down payment.
This is low income housing:
http://calgaryhousingcompany.org/