White: Calgary’s urban growth reflects reality yyc
Urban idealists love to blame the developers, but in reality, it is the home buyer who creates the demand for affordable family homes at the edge of the city. For the vast majority of Calgarians , owning a single-family home is their dream and if they must live on the edge of the city so be it. The home ownership hierarchy for most people is single family first, then townhome and finally condo.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.
The reality is Calgarians who are buying homes in new communities can’t afford to live in new infill homes in existing communities, which start at more than $600,000 for townhomes and $800,000 for duplexes. Twice the cost or more than a new suburban home with more space.
However, if we look at where new homes in Calgary are being built rather than population growth, it tells a different story. In fact, in 2021, only 62 per cent of new homes in Calgary were built in new communities, 18 per cent of the 15,261 new homes built in Calgary were in established neighbourhoods and 20 per cent in the inner city, including greater downtown. Yes, a whopping 5,765 new homes were built in existing neighbourhoods in 2021 and 4,267 in 2020.
2. Existing homes in established communities are shrinking in household size due to young adults moving out and higher death rates than new communities.
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