City of Edmonton Incentivizing Student Housing Builds - Edmonton

City of Edmonton incentivizing student housing builds - Edmonton

The new Downtown Student Housing Incentive is offering a total of $15 million for designs that meet student housing needs and are built in the downtown area.

City of Edmonton executive committee recommends student housing incentive

Illustration: Hayden Carkner/The Griff 15 million dollars from the federal government will be available for property developers to create student housing downtown. The city of Edmonton’s executive committee voted to recommend a new affordable housing initiative for students in the downtown core.   The 15 million dollar funding initiative, which comes from the Canada housing accelerator fund,  is aimed at building 500 student housing units in the…

Edmonton Introduces $15M Downtown Student Housing Incentive Program

Downtown Edmonton hosts thousands of post-secondary students, so to support their success as well as the revitalization of the downtown core, the City of Edmonton is introducing a new Downtown Student Housing Incentive program. It's the first program of its kind in Canada, according to the City."The Program has two main priorities: increasing downtown revitalization and off-campus student housing," said City staff in a Council report. "Projects …