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Still a long way to go on the zoning changes.

Zoning changes would require public hearing
Any components that require land-use changes or bylaw amendments will have to include a public hearing.

This includes the divisive provision for blanket R-CG zoning across the city — an “upzoning” that will increase density by allowing for the construction of row houses and duplexes on land currently zoned for single-family homes.

The process of changing the base residential district to RC-G can take up to nine months, according to Ward.

“There’s a process of preparation, notification, public communication, public input, and then a public hearing of council and then a proposal to approve at council,” he said, noting the strategy’s full implementation is on a “much longer-term horizon.”

Frano Cavar, the governmental relations director of the Calgary Construction Association (CCA), called council’s approval of the housing strategy an “important first step,” but stressed that a potential roadblock the city will face in its implementation is an ongoing labour shortage in the construction sector.

Citing Statistics Canada’s Labour Force Survey from July, Cavar noted Calgary’s construction industry is in the midst of a labour shortage of 2,500 to 4,000 workers. He worries the shortage will hinder construction project timelines and add to the overall costs of new builds.

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