Calgary city council votes down housing affordability task force's recommendations

In a narrow vote on Tuesday night, Calgary city council rejected all of the recommendations from its housing affordability task force. The task force worked for a year and suggested 33 actions to deal with the housing affordability crisis but council voted 8-7 against. Despite the mayor's plea, council ended up rejecting the entire plan in the all-or-nothing vote. The recommendations included proposals to make it easier to build housing across Calgary and to make more land available for home con