{"id":64,"date":"2026-10-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/?p=64"},"modified":"2026-10-03T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T17:00:00","slug":"gap-to-restore-pre-pandemic-housing-affordability-by-2036-in-calgary-narrowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.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>The path to restoring pre-pandemic housing affordability in Calgary is slowly getting clearer, but there\u2019s still work ahead. For affordability to truly return by 2036, Calgary will need to welcome between 4,000 and 5,000 new housing units each year. Recent months have seen a dip in housing starts, though numbers still sit above our historical average\u2014a sign of our city\u2019s resilience and ongoing demand. There\u2019s some unease around the potential repeal of rezoning, even as new permit activity rises and a non-market housing strategy is on the horizon, waiting for approval. As someone who\u2019s spent over a decade guiding Calgarians\u2014whether they\u2019re taking their first step onto the property ladder, upsizing for a growing family, or relocating from across the globe\u2014I see firsthand how these shifts shape real life for clients. My background in sales and interior design means I\u2019m always watching for opportunities and challenges in Calgary\u2019s evolving market to help you navigate each move with clarity and calm.<\/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>The path to restoring pre-pandemic housing affordability in Calgary is slowly getting clearer, but there\u2019s still work ahead. For affordability to truly return by 2036, Calgary will need to welcome between 4,000 and 5,000 new housing units each year. Recent months have seen a dip in housing starts, though numbers still sit above our historical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":412,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64\/revisions\/66"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.therealestatemother.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}