Open house

A virtual open house to give applicants the opportunity to ask questions will be held from 9:00 a.m. MST until 11:00 a.m. MST, December 15, 2023. RSVP to elaine.lo@calgary.ca with cc to leasing@calgary.ca to receive the MS Teams meeting link.

The opportunity

A good opportunity to develop and operate transitional affordable family housing in Calgary. To apply, please include a proposal letter with your Expression of Interest and submit by Monday, January 15, 2024. NOTE:  Opportunity is restricted to qualified non-profit housing providers. Development will require the successful proponent to redesignate the subject land to an appropriate land-use district.

Calgary is in a housing crisis. Over 84,600 households cannot afford where they currently live, and the number is growing. Rental prices and housing costs continue to rise, and more Calgarians are seeing their dreams of home ownership becoming further out of reach.

The City of Calgary has a plan to make it easier to build housing of all kinds across the city, make more land available to build housing and ensure those in the greatest need have a place to call home. Home is here, The City of Calgary’s Housing Strategy 2024-2030 outlines a coordinated approach to addressing Calgary’s housing crisis realized through participation and collaboration of each order of government, the community, the housing sector, and local home builders.

In alignment with Council’s direction, The City of Calgary is inviting qualified non-profit organizations to submit an Expression of Interest for the development and operation of two new emergency housing facilities for families with children who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness.

Each project will be located on City-owned property, secured by nominal land lease.

 

Description

The subject site is located on the west side of 36 Street NE, west of the Whitehorn LRT Station, and south of The City of Calgary Whitehorn Multi-services Centre. The property is currently vacant for the development of affordable lease space to support The City's housing strategy. 

Project location

The site is accessible by CTrain and various bus lines, adjacent to Whitehorn Multi-Services Centre, grocery, pharmacy and book store, etc.

Land type: Multifamily
Land use:

I-B (Industrial – Business District)

Lot size: 3.59 Acres
Density: Land Use application to an appropriate residential land use district will be required by the successful proponent.
Community: HORIZON

Street address

3510 34 ST NE and a portion of 3505 35 ST NE

Legal description

8011265;13;6 (portion of) and 8011265;13;7

Amenities

The residential community of Whitehorn is to the east with schools and open spaces. There is community retail, grocery, Peter Loughheed Hospital and Sunridge Mall immediately to the south, and various low-intensity industrial strip malls located to the west.

Transportation and access

CTrain and buses

Intended use

Operational Housing Requirements:

• Beneficiaries of emergency housing are reserved exclusively to families with children who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness as triaged by the Calgary Homeless Foundation
  
  
• Emergency housing shall be offered only to “Eligible Renters”, which means families with an annual combined gross household income that does not exceed the Income Threshold 
  
  
• “Income Threshold” is defined as the maximum permitted monthly rent shall be no more than 30% of the Eligible Renter’s annual combined gross household income divided by 12 
  
  
• No lease shall be longer than 12 months in consecutive duration
  
  
• Three months prior to lease expiration all Renters are required to re-qualify
  
  
• Annual reporting on Renter eligibility and monthly rent rolls to The City of Calgary will be required.  

Terms and conditions

Please refer to EOI - the pre-application results will be discussed at the Open House.