{"id":46,"date":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/?p=46"},"modified":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T16:00:00","slug":"gap-to-restore-pre-pandemic-housing-affordability-by-2036-in-calgary-narrowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/03\/gap-to-restore-pre-pandemic-housing-affordability-by-2036-in-calgary-narrowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Gap to restore pre-pandemic housing affordability by 2036 in Calgary narrowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>After 40+ years helping Calgarians navigate our evolving real estate market, I\u2019ve witnessed many cycles\u2014but the current push to restore housing affordability stands out. To close the gap by 2036, Calgary needs to add 4,000\u20135,000 new homes each year. While housing starts have dipped recently, they\u2019re still sitting above the long-term average, which is promising. There\u2019s growing debate about the potential impact of the rezoning repeal, but it\u2019s encouraging to see permit approvals on the rise and a new non-market housing strategy on the horizon. For those of us who live and work in this city, it\u2019s a critical moment to stay informed and engaged as our housing landscape continues to shift.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/12054185\/gap-to-restore-pre-pandemic-housing-affordability-by-2036-in-calgary-narrowing-cmhc\/\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 40+ years helping Calgarians navigate our evolving real estate market, I\u2019ve witnessed many cycles\u2014but the current push to restore housing affordability stands out. To close the gap by 2036, Calgary needs to add 4,000\u20135,000 new homes each year. While housing starts have dipped recently, they\u2019re still sitting above the long-term average, which is promising. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":47,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46\/revisions\/48"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davekube.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}