Leduc accelerates housing progress with HAF investment

The City Leduc has achieved 76 per cent of its overall housing unit targets and completed three of seven initiatives associated with grant funding through the Government of Canada’s Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).

With implementation on schedule, the City has received its second HAF installment of $1.9 million, meaning a total of $3.9 million of the $7.6 million has been secured. The remaining will be dispersed over the next two years.

The funding will help the City roll out seven initiatives aimed at increasing housing supply, improving development processes, and supporting a greater diversity of housing options.

Completed Housing Initiatives

CMHC has confirmed completion of the following three initiatives:

• Housing Incentive Program (Pilot): Supporting new accessory units, innovative housing forms, rental housing, and long-term affordable housing.
• Fast-Tracking and Concierge Services Program: Streamlining development review processes to improve efficiency and certainty for applicants.
• Parking and Public Transportation Study: Assessing opportunities to modernize parking standards and support mobility options in the renewal of the Land Use Bylaw.

Housing Initiatives in Progress

Four additional initiatives are underway, with the following three under consideration to be integrated into the City’s Land Use Bylaw renewal, including:

• Enabling four units as-of-right options while maintaining neighbourhood livability and character.
• Developing a form-based housing catalogue with pre-approved designs to reduce red tape and accelerate housing.
• Exploring changes to eliminate exclusionary zoning and expand housing variety.

Work on the final initiative – advancing the Affordable and Missing-Middle Housing Program – started with a focus on unlocking underutilized land and addressing development barriers.

Continued emphasis will be placed on the Land Use Bylaw Renewal and housing unit targets for missing-middle, multi-unit, and affordable housing to meet remaining targets through 2026 and 2027.