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Dec 18, 2024 · city council business Taproot's big numbers of 2024 Numbers give news context, heft, and depth — and 2024 had lots of them. As Taproot prepares for a holiday break, we're sharing which numbers might matter most in the years ahead.
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Dec 18, 2024 · The Pulse Thursday, Dec. 19. In this edition: Sohi reflects on housing emergency declaration, downtown investment; calls for public engagement: Recreation, under-served communities, cultural infrastructure; and more headlines and happenings
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Dec 17, 2024 · podcast city council Budget adjustments were slices rather than slashes, podcasters say. Though city council's fall budget adjustment resulted in a 6.1% increase to property taxes rather than the 8.1% increase administration had proposed, the reduction was created through funding shuffles rather than big culls, co-hosts Mack Male and Troy Pavlek said on Episode 288 of Speaking Municipally.
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Nov 19, 2024 · housing Why Edmonton may need to focus on renters as it stares down 'peak home ownership' As Edmonton enters election season and rents rise, Taproot spoke to experts with the Community Housing Canada research project and the Collins Lab for Urban Excellence at the University of Alberta to learn more about how to keep prices attainable as the city continues to …
Taproot's big numbers of 2024 - Taproot Edmonton
Dec 20, 2024 · Numbers give news context, heft, and depth — and 2024 had lots of them. For example, the number of people without stable housing in Edmonton increased by more than 2,000, to 4,697.Meanwhile, a private-sector report called for governments to invest $427 million in the city's downtown, transit ridership rose 12% above pre-pandemic levels, and we learned the city's debt financing for the ...
What city council can — and can't — do to improve Edmonton's …
Dec 11, 2024 · In Taproot's Housing Complex series, we examined where Edmonton is at on housing supply, government subsidies for housing, rental housing, infill, sprawl, and more. To wrap the series, we will now look at what city council and the City of Edmonton can, and can't, do to improve Edmonton's housing system, and for whom.
How Edmonton compares to cities finding success in tackling ...
Nov 27, 2024 · Katie MacDonald, of Athabasca University and Community Housing Canada, said Finland has come close to eliminating chronic homelessness. Finland has invested in a robust supply of social and supportive housing and uses those units for Housing First instead of simply subsidizing rents through private landlords. "It's a different kind of landlord than what we often have to do here in Edmonton ...
Why Edmonton may need to focus on renters as it stares down …
Nov 20, 2024 · Beyond rent controls, other ideas are emerging in cities. Last year, ACORN celebrated a residential rental registry established in Halifax, Nova Scotia. An ACORN spokesperson told Taproot in March that were Edmonton to adopt such a list, it could "ensure that rules and regulations are enforced" for landlords.. The same month, Edmonton's Coun.
Panel suggests Edmonton struggles to promote itself
Sep 4, 2024 · Edmonton has fallen behind other cities when it comes to how it promotes and talks about itself to the outside world, the speakers on a panel focused on identifying ways to speak more positively about the city said recently.
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