{"id":927080,"date":"2026-10-09T23:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927080\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T23:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T23:22:32","slug":"farkas-says-alberta-interfering-in-edmonton-housing-sets-disturbing-precedent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/927080\/","title":{"rendered":"Farkas says Alberta interfering in Edmonton housing sets disturbing precedent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Calgary\u2019s mayor says the province\u2019s decision to overturn some Edmonton housing rules is a disturbing attack on local democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Jeromy Farkas says while the order from Premier Danielle Smith\u2019s government is not asking Calgary to do the same on this issue, there\u2019s nothing stopping the province from imposing its will on his city on another matter.<\/p>\n<p>He says it\u2019s important to respect the mandate given to municipal leaders to make decisions deemed best for their citizens.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">With the latest provincial overreach, Danielle Smith is now ordering me how to vote at Calgary City Council. If I refuse, I risk losing my job. I want to work constructively with the province, even when we disagree. But we must be free to listen to residents and make fair\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/o55p8waYVY\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/o55p8waYVY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeromy (Pathfinder) Farkas (@JeromyYYC) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeromyYYC\/status\/2108588470390452419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Smith directed the City of Edmonton to abandon rules allowing for multi-unit complexes in older, established neighbourhoods on the grounds the units may not be a good fit and don\u2019t make proper room for parking.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary has already rolled back similar rules due to public outcry, and Smith directed Calgary keep those rules in place.<\/p>\n<p>Smith says her government does not want to intervene in municipal affairs, but the impact of the multi-units and the concern her government is hearing from Edmonton residents forced them to step in.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Calgary as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=calgary.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791588152_64_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Calgary\u2019s mayor says the province\u2019s decision to overturn some Edmonton housing rules is a disturbing attack on local&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-927080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}