Affordable Housing Initiative
Just five short months ago, The Mustard Seed broke ground on its 224-unit Affordable Housing Initiative in Calgary’s Beltline community. Since then, steady progress has been made on the construction site.
Though it looks like little more than a giant hole right now, we are laying the groundwork and building a solid foundation on which to construct our 12-storey building.
Each day, guests of The Mustard Seed are able to watch the construction taking place, knowing that this building is for them. They long for a place to call home and are encouraged to see such a place taking shape before their eyes.
Once finished, 224 of our city's most vulnerable residents will have a stable, sustainable place to live. The Mustard Seed’s affordable housing development will be a 12-storey, mixed-use building that will include 224 studio and one-bedroom apartments, as well as parking, street-level retail services and one floor of administration and programming. In a city-wide context, the building represents a critical component of Calgary’s 10-Year Plan to end Homelessness, which aims to provide housing for 1,500 chronically and episodically homeless by 2014
The Mustard Seed can hardly wait for the day in 2013 when we can finally welcome 224 men and women to their new homes. Until then, we’ll do our best to be patient and take pleasure in the progress.
