Amelia Bellamy-Royds :progress:@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca
There is so much about this story that annoys me:
Tenants who live in affordable housing townhouses in a neighbourhood near downtown Edmonton are fighting the sale of their homes by their non-profit provider HomeEd.HomeEd, which is owned by the City of Edmonton, listed the 20 Riverdale Place townhouses for sale in the spring.https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/low-income-tenants-fight-sale-of-affordable-edmonton-townhouses-1.7604488
What is the point of having a city-owned, non-profit social housing corporation if they can sell the house out from under you without any communication about a plan to relocate tenants?
Since when is 50 years a reasonable lifespan for a house ?
Since when does "built in the early to mid-80s" equal "nearly 50 years old" in 2025? (Says someone who was also "built" in the early 80s 😏
)If the maintenance on the structures is so bad, and value of the land is so high, that it really makes sense to sell & re-invest the money into building even more units of housing elsewhere: OK, I guess. But then why pretend another non-profit might take it over?
#YEG
Joker@kleb@mastodon.world
@AmeliasBrain@mstdn.ca Sounds like somebody is going to get richer.