July 22, 2025 | CREB
CREB® launches YYC Votes 2025 campaign to highlight the top housing challenges faced by Calgarians this civic election
Calgary, Alberta, July 22, 2025 – The Calgary Real Estate Board (CREB®) has launched its YYC Votes 2025 campaign to promote municipal policy issues that would have the greatest impact on the housing challenges facing Calgarians in the 2025 Calgary General Election.The policy issues were selected based on CREB®’s analysis of its exclusive resale housing market data along with the real-world experience of its 8,700 REALTOR® members working with Calgarians from all walks of life to find a place to call home.
The challenges and related policy issues selected by CREB® are centred around increasing affordability, removing barriers to homeownership, and planning that meets the City’s long-term needs while preserving the unique local character of individual neighbourhoods. In September, CREB® will also be hosting a forum for mayoralty candidates to discuss their approaches to solving these challenges.
“Every Calgarian should have safe, affordable housing that meets their needs, whether they’re a single person just starting out, a family raising children, or seniors on fixed incomes. Civic elections are when Calgarians have the loudest voice in determining how the City will address those needs,” says Christian Twomey, Chair of CREB®’s Government Relations Standing Committee.
“Calgary has changed since the last election, and whoever is sitting in council chambers and the mayor’s office after October 20 will need to look at issues that REALTORS® are discussing with our clients every day: affordability, making homeownership achievable, and community-focused planning and zoning.”
CREB®’s Housing Policy Issues
- Planned Growth—CREB® backs intentional, sustainable community growth and development that protects affordability and meets Calgary’s long-term needs.
- Blanket Rezoning—CREB® favours a community-focused, grassroots engagement approach to planning, development, and addressing Calgary’s housing shortage. This is the most effective way to preserve neighbourhood uniqueness and maintain affordability.
- Barriers to Homeownership—Homeownership should be achievable. CREB® supports measures that remove barriers for Calgarians to become homeowners, from fair taxation to reducing red tape to efficient use of City resources.
- Increases to Property Tax—Calgarians are paying more for everything, and year-after-year property tax increases make homeownership less affordable. CREB® opposes further tax hikes and supports responsible spending by the City to reduce the need to increase taxes.
- Digital Energy Labelling—CREB® supports environmentally responsible initiatives like EnerGuide labels for new homes but mandating them for existing homes would add pressure on homeowners, particularly low-income families, in a time of rising household costs.
For more information on YYC Votes 2025, click here.