Overview
- The hearing begins Monday at 9:30 a.m. at city hall, with more than 300 registered speakers and over 2,000 written submissions, and residents can continue to register during the proceedings.
- Council voted in December to start reversing the 2024 blanket upzoning by resetting the land-use bylaw to its prior form, exempting properties with approved or in-review development permits.
- Administration says repeal would return about 306,774 residential parcels to low-density designations, limiting 68% of lots to a single-detached home plus one suite.
- City data attributes 1,655 units in 2025 and roughly 4,500 units since August 2024 to the rezoning, while opponents challenge the affordability benefits and cite analyses suggesting a smaller direct impact.
- Calgarians For Thoughtful Growth has a lawsuit pending over the original approval and has urged full repeal in a new brief, as city officials caution that Housing Accelerator Fund support could be affected.