Halfway through the second year of implementation, the Housing Strategy is already seeing positive impacts. 

Accomplishments to date, include: 

• To increase affordable housing supply, seventeen sites have been sold below market value through the Non-Market Land Sale, to create 835 new homes. In May 2025, $30.7M was awarded to the first round of projects through the Housing Capital Initiative, expected to create 480 affordable homes.
• Council approved a new property tax exemption bylaw for non-profit non-market housing providers to further support affordable housing providers to provide the lowest possible rents. 
• We continue to enable City housing subsidiaries to improve service delivery by working with Calgary Housing, Attainable Homes Calgary, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation and Silvera for Seniors on critcal projects.
• The City is working to ensure our programming is addressing the needs of equity deserving groups, such as the non-market Whitehorn Family Housing project which will provide 52 families with children who are at risk of or are experiencing homelessness with housing and supports that meet their needs.
• A “For Indigenous, By Indigenous” Housing Program, Maa’too’maa’taapii Aoko’iyii’piaya, is being created to meet the distinct housing needs of Indigenous CalgariansWe are very honored to work with the Housing Solutions Elders Advisory Committee on this program.
• Calgary saw remarkable growth in residential building permits, recording the highest housing starts per capita in Canada with 20,165 units in 2024. This trend continued in the first quarter of 2025, with Calgary leading all Canadian municipalities in housing starts and contributing 55% of Alberta’s total housing starts. 

Learn more about the Housing Strategy outcomes and the actions we are working on.

Read more in The City of Calgary's Housing Strategy Annual Progress Update 2025.