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ROUTING Executive Committee | DELEGATION T.J. LoatWRITTEN BY D. Kreuzer | October 27, 2009 Planning and Development Department 2009PHB013

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Geographical Analysisfor Housing Subsidies

Recommendation:That the October 27, 2009, Planning andDevelopment Department report2009PHB013 be received forinformation.

Report Summary

This report provides a geographicalanalysis of all housing in Edmontonreceiving government capital oroperating subsidies.

Previous Council/Committee Action

At the November 9, 2009, AgendaReview Committee meeting, theOctober 27, 2009, Planning andDevelopment Department report2009PHB013 was postponed to theJanuary 13, 2010, ExecutiveCommittee meeting.

At the July 15, 2009, ExecutiveCommittee meeting, the followingmotion was passed:

That the June 23, 2009, Planningand Development Departmentreport 2009PPP022 be referredback to Administration to workwith the Homeward TrustEdmonton and bring forward ageographical analysis of whereall the housing subsidies,including capital and operating,

are going and return to theOctober 7, 2009, ExecutiveCommittee meeting.

Report

For the purpose of this report, where allthe housing subsidies, including capitaland operating, are going has been

interpreted to mean SubsidizedHousing units including:

All housing units for which not-for-profit or for-profit providers receive orhave received capital or operatingsubsidy funding from any order of

government including through theCitys Cornerstones program,Homeward Trust Edmonton or theEdmonton Housing Trust Fund,where those units comprise five ormore units in a project-type setting;and

All such housing units whereproviders have received acommitment for the future provisionof capital or operating subsidy

funding for those units, but wherethose units have not yet commencedor been completed.

The following housing types wereexcluded from this Subsidized Housingdefinition:

Subsidized housing projectscontaining fewer than five subsidizedhousing units;

Unsubsidized/market housingoccupied by persons who receiveshelter subsidies (e.g. shelterallowances under income supportprograms) and rent supplementprograms;

All accommodation under thecategory of Assisted Livingincluding continuing, nursing andextended care options, boarding andlodging houses, group homes; and

Subsidized housing provided insingle or semi-detached residentialstructures and dispersed in manylocations throughout Edmonton,including units that have receivedsubsidy commitments under theCornerstones Secondary, Garden or

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Garage Suites Funding Programs,and units in structures whereproviders were not willing to divulgeinformation on specific location or toensure safety and anonymity ofresidents (e.g. first, second, or thirdstage housing units for women withor without children leaving abusiverelationships).

Within the parameters of the datacollected and presented in this report,the Housing Branch has been able toassemble the most comprehensive andcurrent representation of subsidizedhousing inventory in the City ofEdmonton.

Total subsidized housing unit numbersand location data were obtained throughextensive Housing Branch contact withprovider agencies. Total dwelling unitdata were derived from the 2009Municipal Census.

Within these parameters a total of17,390 subsidized housing units wereidentified, which represents 5% of the

343,894 total dwelling units city-wide.

Attachment I is a map that shows thedistribution of these 17,390 subsidizedhousing units across the six existingCivic Wards. At this level, Ward 4 is theonly Ward which, at 9%, contains morethan the 5% city-wide proportion ofsubsidized housing units compared toall dwelling units in its boundaries. Thismap also shows that in all other Wards,

subsidized housing units comprisebetween 2% and 5% of total dwellingunits.

There are 52 neighbourhoods thatexceed the current city-wideneighbourhood average of 5%subsidized housing units to totaldwelling unit ratio. Attachment 2 liststhose neighbourhoods.

Policy

This report supports Plan Edmontonpolicies:

3.9.2. Endorse a mix of housingtypes for a wide range of householdtypes and incomes in all areas of theCity that are reflective of the Cityspopulation profile.

3.9.3. Encourage new developmentand infill redevelopment toincorporate affordable housing that isvisually indistinguishable frommarket housing.

3.9.4. Work in partnership with otherorders of government, privateowners and landlords and thecommunity to maintain, upgrade, andexpand the new and existingaffordable rental housing supply inthe City.

Focus Area

This report relates to the StrategicPlan goal: Improve EdmontonsLivability.

Attachments

1. City of Edmonton SubsidizedHousing by Civic Ward

2. 52 Neighbourhoods with SubsidizedHousing Units Exceeding the City-Wide Neighbourhood Average of 5%of Total Dwelling


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City of Edmonton

Subsidized Housing Unitsby Civic Ward

*Note: Subsidized Housing Unitsas Percentage of Total Dwelling Units

Ward 647,734 Total Dwelling Units

1,994 Subsidized Units (4%)*











City Total343,894 Total Dwelling Units


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Attachment 2

51 Neighbourhoods with Subsidized Housing Units Exceeding the City-Wide

Neighbourhood Average of 5% of Total Dwelling Units

Subsidized

Subsidized Housing Units

Housing as % of Total

Neighbourhood Units Dwelling Units

1 MCCAULEY 1,621 54%

2 VIRGINIA PARK 205 46%

3 BOYLE STREET 1,455 36%

4 KAMEYOSEK 374 32%

5 WOODCROFT 410 31%

6 RICHFIELD 268 23%

7 WEST JASPER PLACE 347 21%

8 BARANOW 151 21%

9 STRATHEARN 302 19%

10 CARTER CREST 99 16%

11 MCQUEEN 129 16%

12 KILDARE 187 16%

13 ROSSLYN 200 15%

14 EASTWOOD 300 14%

15 LEE RIDGE 144 14%

16 RIVERDALE 138 14%

17 ABBOTTSFIELD 102 14%

18 CENTRAL MCDOUGALL 396 13%

19 EVANSDALE 269 13%

20 CARLISLE 163 12%

21 MONTROSE 182 12%

22 QUEEN ALEXANDRA 382 12%

23 GLENWOOD 284 12%

24 LA PERLE 218 11%

25 RUNDLE HEIGHTS 158 11%

26 PLEASANTVIEW 210 11%

27 OVERLANDERS 146 11%

28 KENSINGTON 205 11%

29 DUNLUCE 247 10%

30 BEARSPAW 86 10%

31 BRITANNIA YOUNGSTOWN 205 9%

32 SPRUCE AVENUE 106 9%

33 LORELEI 136 9%

34 HILLVIEW 119 9%

35 MEYOKUMIN 90 9%

36 POLLARD MEADOWS 140 9%

37 CASSELMAN 137 9%

38 SAKAW 123 9%

39 BRANDER GARDENS 98 9%

40 HIGHLANDS 101 8%

41 TWEDDLE PLACE 91 8%

42 CANORA 115 7%

43 MICHAELS PARK 56 7%

44 EKOTA 67 7%

45 ORMSBY PLACE 143 7%

46 OTTEWELL 192 7%

47 WEINLOS 80 7%

48 ERMINESKIN 164 7%

49 HOLLICK-KENYON 96 7%

50 CALDER 106 6%

51 HAIRSINE 63 6%

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