Wedging in affordable housing

Wedging in affordable housing

From Speaking Municipally by Taproot Edmonton

February 20, 2026 · 38 min · Episode 344

About this episode

The episode discusses the council's approval of selling land for affordable housing amidst community opposition, along with updates on restaurant patio fees, infill regulations, and snow clearing efforts.

Council has approved selling land to an affordable housing provider, despite community pushback. Plus, some restaurant owners will have to pay more for patios this year, and we have updates on infill and snow clearing. Here are the relevant links for this episode: Audience survey Taproot audience survey Update on infill Edmonton council votes to keep infill maximum at eight units Edmonton city councillor's motion to change infill cap from 8 units to 6 fails Update on snow clearing City to deploy private contractors at start of snow-clearing work after Tuesday's storm City 70 per cent through priority Edmonton roads as Phase 1 parking ban takes effect Affordable housing in Wedgewood Edmonton council to sell Wedgewood Heights surplus school site for housing project Council gives green light a 2nd time around for Wedgewood Park housing development in animated public hearing Patio fees Edmonton businesses contemplate future of patio season after seeing new hefty fee Peter Keith post on LinkedIn Northmark Materials funding Feb. 17 City Council meeting This episode is brought to you by Edmonton Opera . For more than 60 years, Edmonton Opera has shared a history with this city, through…

Topics covered

  • affordable housing
  • community pushback
  • restaurant patios
  • infill
  • snow clearing

Keywords

  • Edmonton
  • city council
  • housing provider
  • community feedback

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Pulse

Places: Edmonton, City, Wedgewood

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