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Blanket rezoning: Ripple or wave? Weighing the fallout from city council's most contentious decision of 2024

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Calgary city council approved blanket rezoning to make residential grade-oriented infill the city’s default residential zoning district.

Proposed change ushered in a new approach to housing redevelopment in Calgary .

Supporters argued that allowing for more densification outside of the core would reduce Calgary 's urban sprawl and create less expensive housing types, helping young families to buy homes in neighbourhoods that would otherwise be unattainable.

After council's decision, Calgary saw an uptick in row house, duplex and fourplex redevelopment proposals.

300 Calgarians signed onto a lawsuit that is seeking to overturn blanket rezoning through a judicial review of council’s decision.

The judge overseeing the case, Justice Michael Lema , said Dec. 11 that he’d render a decision in late December or early January .

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