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Does Alberta's 5th
largest city really
need diversified
housing?
August
25, 2004, St.
Albert – With
the Affordable Housing
Advisory Board
scheduled to meet with Council again
on August 30, will St. Albert move
one step closer to offering a range
of housing options? At least one
declared candidate for Mayor says
now is the time for Council to take
action.
“The volunteers we’ve
appointed have worked long and hard
in a manner consistent with CityPlan,” stressed
Lynda Moffat. “And the consulting
team who’ve worked with them
have ensured residents’ views
are reflected in the report. There’s
no question we must
take action now to ensure that our
housing mix provides opportunities
for our children and other young
singles and couples to live here,
that enables our parents and grandparents
to stay here, and that provides appropriate
housing for our employees.”
As Alberta’s 5th largest
city, Moffat sees that St. Albert
has a responsibility to meet the
housing needs of all residents as
they move through various stages
in their lives. “That’s
vital so that our family members
and friends can continue to proudly
call St. Albert home, but it’s
important for other reasons too.
Ensuring our community is inclusive
is also one way we can ensure our
own future as a sustainable independent
city,” Moffat said.
So, what
should St. Albert residents expect
in the way of next steps? “It’s
time to formally and wholeheartedly
endorse the work of the Affordable
Housing Advisory Board and it’s
time to move ahead with annexation
of the land we need to grow in a
planned, orderly and inclusive fashion,” Moffat
suggested. “I’m fully
prepared to work
with our neighbours and to lead long-term
planning to ensure this occurs. The
alternative is for St. Albert to
become an exclusive Edmonton neighbourhood
hemmed in by leap-frog development.”
Contact:
Lynda
Moffat
St. Albert
Mayoralty Candidate
458-1655
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