The building, located in the heart of the Beltline community, will support positive, lifelong change for low-income Calgarians. Tenants and other community members will have access to a combination of affordable housing with unique life skills and employment programs offered on site.
This building is not a shelter: all residents will pay rent. Rents are set at least 10-20 per cent below market rates, with a ceiling of 30 per cent of a tenant’s income.
QUICK BUILDING FACTS:
- 12-storey new, purpose-built construction
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224 units, including 21 wheelchair accessible units
- 196 studio apartments (permanent supportive housing – 21 & 25 sq. metre suites)
- 28 one-bedroom suites (50 sq. metres)
- Cost per square foot - $208 (does not include parking garage costs)
- Projected rent for a studio apartment (if building is mortgage free) is $387
- Space for The Mustard Seed staff and programs to support tenants and hundreds of others
- Ground-floor retail
- A long-term asset for our community
