Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs
Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs
Organization Type:
Government and Agency - Provincial and Territorial
Year initiated:
2008
Objectives/focus/mandate/mission:
- Delivers capital funding and program initiatives to assist low-income Albertans in meeting their housing needs and to ensure affordable housing is available to Albertans.
- Delivers programs and services to assist the homeless with safe shelter options.
- Monitors operations and business practices for local housing management bodies and manages operating and grant programs for the social housing portfolio.
- Identifies and responds to emerging urban issues.
Affiliates/partners/other disciplines:
Alberta Municipal Affairs.
Alberta Seniors and Community Supports
Municipalities
Management bodies, such as Capital Region Housing Corporation and Calgary Housing Company
Community-based organizations, such as Edmonton Joint Planning Committee on Housing and Calgary Homelessness Foundation.
Language:
English
Areas of specialization:
Social housing, homelessness, market rental housing, shelter standards, high growth communities
Director/Manager/Contact Person:
Housing Services: Robin Wigston/ Don Squire/ Clarence Bereska
Policy and Urban Affairs: Line Porfon/ Kildy Yuen/ Cynthia Evans/ Debbie Shabelski
Researchers and their fields of research:
See above.
Web links on the site:
Contact information
Street address:
Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs
10405 Jasper Avenue #4th floor
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
10405 Jasper Avenue #4th floor
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
Mailing address:
Alberta Housing and Urban Affairs
10405 Jasper Avenue #4th floor
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
10405 Jasper Avenue #4th floor
Edmonton, Alberta T5J 4R7
Main phone number:
(780) 422-0122
Main fax number:
(780) 422-8462
Web site:
