Secondary Suites are Growing
The City of Calgary announced on October 4th that there are now more than 1,000 legal secondary suites. This number is more than doubled the 458 legal suites (of which we were one of) in 2015. And since the changes announced in march has grown another 25%.
The city has created a video celebrating the milestone, as well as encouraging current illegal suite home owners to suite their houses. Hopefully the process is simpler now than it was for our first Suite Showcase homeowner Braydon.
But is it Enough?
In short, no. The city of Edmonton has over 3 times as many legal suites, and Calgary has 300,000 more people living in the city. Vancouver and Toronto do not have an available suite registry, but it is safe to assume their legal suites numbers are as woeful as Calgary’s.
Related: Edmonton Get’s a Huge Secondary Suite Boost
Although 1,000 suites is a good start, Calgary is a long ways away from achieving it’s goals of finding affordable housing for all Calgarians who want it.
Fortunately, Calgary is continuing to promote secondary suites by waiving the development permit and secondary suite registry fees until June 1, 2020, saving Calgarians up to $700. If you are currently interested in legalizing a suite, the time could not be better for you.
The City of Calgary has a simple site to use to apply for suites, and learn the basics about suiting your home at calgary.ca/suites.
Of course, if you want to make your goal of suiting a home a reality, subscribe to Second Suite by putting your e-mail in the bar on the right to learn about the process, and see how other’s have done it as well.
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