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Originally Posted by 240glt
City of Edmonton provided a per unit subsidy that got a number of downtown apartment buildings built in the late '90's-early 2000's. The city also invested a significant amount of money getting 104th street cleaned up to a point where developers were willing to build there. Until recently Edmonton also had the Cornerstones program which subsidized affordable units in market rate apartment buildings. That program will be back soon under a new name with somewhat the same mandate
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Correct, that was then. The incentive for affordable housing is something every city/province should offer; we are not talking about that though.