#067 - Stacey Houston | The Disturbing Depth of the Canadian Housing Crisis

Stacey Houston is currently the Director of Housing at Civida in Edmonton, Alberta. On the episode, Stacey and I discuss the housing crisis in Canada, what the barriers are for access to housing in Canada, how their organization calculates prioritization for residents, how she has a degree in housing and how uncommon this stream actually is, the struggle of assigning housing to individuals, the thousands of requests they receive for housing just in Edmonton alone, why it takes so long for housing developments to get shovels in the ground, the temporary timeline given to those in social assistance housing and how they create their plans for self-sufficiency, how insanely long their wait list is for homeless and underhoused individuals, how interest rates price organizations out of developing housing, and, much more! Thank you for tuning in and hope you enjoy the show. Send us a textThoughts shared on the podcast are purely our own and do not represent the views of the Anglophone South School District or the relevant jurisdictions associated with my guests.