31-10-2018 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com

Elise Stolte: These tiny suites could be Edmonton's answer to affordable housing

The numbers are painful.
This week city councillors endorsed a plan that would see 2,500 new affordable housing units under construction within four years.
But to do that, Edmonton has to put in $132 million for land and permits to leverage $377 million in government grants, partner equity and private financing.
It’s still only five per cent of the 50,000 units Edmonton needs.
That’s a start, a good start. But it’s not going to get us where we need to be.
If Edmonton’s ac
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