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Update on Housing Accelerator Fund: Transit Corridor & Neighbourhood Intensification Strategies
Presented by: Craig Walker, Senior Planner, Planning & Development
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SUMMARY
The City of St. Albert has been conditionally approved to receive up to $11.8 million in funding through the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's (CMHC) Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF). This report's purpose is to share an update on two inter-related initiatives: the Transit Corridor Intensification Strategy ("Initiative #1"), and the Neighbourhood Intensification Strategy ("Initiative #3").
Following a more detailed presentation at Standing Committee of the Whole (SCOW) on July 7, 2026, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. Subsequently, this topic is anticipated to come before Council on September 15, 2026 - at which time a decision regarding proposed Land Use Bylaw (LUB) amendments will be considered.
ALIGNMENT TO COUNCIL DIRECTION OR MANDATORY STATUTORY PROVISION
* On December 9, 2025, SCOW received the following report as information:
AR-25-455: "Introduction & Updates re. HAF."
(A copy of this report and associated presentation can be found in Attachment #1).
* On May 6, 2025, Council passed the following motion:
AR-25-203:
That PLAN-013 HAF Initiatives be approved in the amount of $11,813,100, to be funded from the CMHC's HAF program.
* As detailed in Attachment #2, Municipal Development Plan (MDP) policy direction supports enabling more housing diversity, aging in place, compatible intensification, and neighbourhood revitalization as the City incrementally grows to a population of 100,000 over future decades.
BACKGROUND
The purpose of the HAF is to remove barriers and encourage local initiatives which build more homes faster, focusing on increasing the ability to develop "missing middle" housing products over time (e.g. secondary suites, duplexes, townhomes). The fund aims to boost housing supply, while...
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