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Community and Social Development
Thank you to all those who participated and provided information.
A diverse community contains a variety of household types and sizes and a
population at various stages and life cycles – all with different and
overlapping housing needs. Providing a variety of safe, appropriate, and
affordable housing opportunities for all residents and life cycles therefore
becomes essential in order to maintain a healthy, vibrant and sustainable
community. The Affordable Housing Needs Assessment interviews and focus group
meetings helped to elaborate the particular housing challenges faced by various
groups in the community as well as describe some of the impacts these challenges
may be having not only on individual households but on the community as a whole.
Council meeting on affordable housing strategy
Monday December 10th Town Council Meeting - Housing Strategies Inc. and Social
Housing Advisory Committee will present the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment,
Strategies and Recommendations.
As many as 400 units may be needed
Sylvan Lake may be in need of as many 400 new affordable housing units
and include a combination of:
• Emergency and transitional shelters (e.g., supportive housing for youth
leaving home and individuals with and without children leaving abusive
relationships);
• Long-term supportive housing (e.g., housing for low- and moderate-income
seniors as well as persons with disabilities, including brain injury);
• Rent-geared-to-income apartment units, townhouses and single family homes and
rent subsidies (e.g., social housing and rent subsidies for low-income singles,
couples, and one- or two-parent families with children);
• Manufactured homes (mobile homes) on rented or leased land; and
• Resale-restricted near-market and entry-level homeownership.
Short-Term (Immediate) Housing Priorities
A pressing need in the community is rent-geared-to-income housing for
very-low income households currently living in campers, in eight-month rentals,
or in unsuitable or extremely inadequate housing (e.g., cottages and trailers)
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