A new online tool called Find Housing has been launched by the Alberta government to do exactly that: help low-income people find an affordable place to live. "That's how we're going to transform our existing affordable housing system and offer more [units], and also more housing repairs and [make it] more accessible for Albertans," Pon said. Pon said this tool is geared more toward low-income individuals than homeless ones, but she stressed that the 10-year plan includes strategies aimed at both. Margot Hagarty, executive director of the Leduc Regional Housing Foundation, said the tool is a "positive thing" for Albertans, calling it very user-friendly. But Lori Sigurdson, the NDP's critic for housing, criticized the new tool, saying it doesn't offer any solutions to about 24,000 Albertans who are waiting for affordable housing.

Source: CBC News August 10, 2021 23:14 UTC