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Housing for All Okotokians

New Happipad Home-Sharing Program Available

The Town and Happipad, a Canadian non-profit home-sharing organization, have partnered to create a secure, affordable and convenient option that provides a safe way for Okotoks homeowners with a spare room to rent to a compatible renter. Learn more below!

Okotoks Town Council has made it a priority to provide more housing options in the community.  The Town has taken steps to ensure more options are available for those who want to live in Okotoks. 

Affordable and subsidized housing options in Okotoks are administered by Westwinds Communities, a not-for-profit housing management body that works with partnering municipalities to provide safe and affordable housing opportunities and access to rent supplement programs. 

For more information about Westwinds Communities and other housing options in the area please see below.

Affordability: Emergency Shelters
Alberta Family Violence Prevention Line403-310-1818Website
Calgary Drop-in Centre (16+ yrs)403-263-5707Website
Inn From the Cold Society (for families)403-263-8384
Mustard Seed Foothills Shelter (adult men & women)403-723-9422Website
Rowan House Emergency Shelter (for women)Crisis 24 hrs (text enabled) 403-652-3311High River Admin 403-652-3316Website
Salvation Army Centre of Hope (for men)403-410-1111Website
Affordability: Affordable Housing
Happipad Okotoks (Home-Sharing)Website
Partners Development Group (Drake Landing subsidized units)Website
Skotoko Housing Cooperative403-938-5520Website
Westwinds Communities403-652-8600Website

Affordability: Home-Sharing

Projects and Partnerships

The Town has partnered with housing providers, developers and builders to support the creation of new affordable housing units in our community. The Town continues to be open to exploring opportunities to collaborate with partners to ensure a diverse range of housing options are available in the community. Learn more about projects currently underway below.

Incentives to Get Housing Built

The Town has implemented financial incentives to support the creation of diverse and affordable housing options in Okotoks.

Infrastructure Investments

Limited water supply has been a barrier to achieving diverse and affordable housing opportunities and has artificially inflated the cost of housing in Okotoks. To address and remove this barrier the Town has partnered with Foothills County to construct a new supplemental water supply to support long-term growth in Okotoks.

Housing Programs and Supports

Affordable Housing Strategy & Action Plan

The purpose of this Strategy is to make recommendations and articulate a strategy and action plan that addresses the affordable housing needs for current and future residents of Okotoks to the year 2025. 

Favourable Regulatory Environment

In 2021, Okotoks Council adopted a new Municipal Development Plan and Land Use Bylaw to streamline the regulatory environment to make it easier to get affordable and diverse housing types built in Okotoks.   

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