Non-market homes, housing supports and the City's housing strategy: distinguish funding decisions from homes actually completed. People are shown across their recorded careers unless dates are set.
Reviewed decisions that provide a specific financial or tax benefit for non-market housing. A vote records a choice on that proposal, not an estimate of affordability outcomes or an overall housing ideology.
Policy positions
1 row| Person | Score (0–100) | Independent decisions | Remove-one low | Remove-one high | Evidence status | First vote | Last vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andre Chabot | 75 | 4 | 66.6666666667 | 100 | Mixed choices | Jan 28, 2025 | Jul 28, 2026 |
Council considered the updated Home is Here strategy for 2026–2030.
Outcome: Council adopted the refresh. The resolution alone does not establish implementation or the direction of every policy change.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026Council authorized the NMLS #6 transactions and required later public reporting of City land contributions and committed housing units.
Outcome: The package passed 11–4. The reviewed public records do not establish closed transactions, prices, subsidy amounts or completed homes.
City Council policy CP2019-02: Non-Market Housing Land Disposition · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Council gave final reading to Bylaw 11B2025, the affordable housing construction borrowing authority initially presented with the Calgary Housing financing package.
Outcome: The final reading carried unanimously. Borrowing authority permits financing; it does not show that all authorized funds were drawn or homes completed.
City report C2026-0090: defined affordable-housing borrowing and on-lending · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Council provided a Housing Land Fund contribution toward Calgary Housing's acquisition of a private-sector-built apartment building for up to 176 permanent mixed-income homes in Ward 4.
Outcome: The confirmed minutes record 15 Yes votes. Funding approval does not establish a closed acquisition or completed and occupied homes.
Calgary Housing, December 18, 2025: acquisition contribution and expansion financing · reviewed Oct 30, 2026A 2026 budget amendment changed downtown conversion funding and allocated $10 million to the Downtown Non-Market Office Conversion Program.
Outcome: The amendment carried 8–7. An allocation is not proof that conversions or homes were completed.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026The proposal established property-tax exemptions for eligible non-market housing held by non-profit organizations and mitigation while qualifying properties were being built or renovated.
Outcome: Council adopted the package. The vote establishes the policy approval, not the number of homes later produced.
City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026Council considered a housing strategy package covering City land, non-market housing, conversion incentives, permissions and tenant supports.
Outcome: The strategy package carried 12–3. Funding and land-use changes requiring later approval were still to return to Council.
Confirmed 2023 Council minutes, September 16, pages 431–434 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026| Date | Person | Decision | Recorded vote | Meaning and scoring rationale | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 22, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Approve the refreshed 2026–2030 housing strategy | No | Reject this refreshed strategy; the vote alone does not explain which actions the member disputed. This vote is explained as a specific decision and is not included in an issue spectrum. | Context / unscored |
Jul 28, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Authorize the sixth non-market housing land-disposition round | Yes | Authorize the recommended transactions and disclosure requirements. The confirmed agenda identifies the approval as NMLS #6. CP2019-02 defines the programme as below-market City-land transfers to non-profit housing providers, and the public resolution expressly recognizes a City land contribution and committed non-market units. Only the reviewed programme authorization is scored; the exact terms and members' motives are unknown. | Reviewed policy choice |
Jan 27, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction | Yes | Pass the final reading of the authority to borrow up to $87.525 million for the Calgary Housing capital portfolio. The final financing package includes several housing bylaws; its repeated reading is contextual. | Context / unscored |
Jan 27, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction | Yes | Pass the final reading of the authority to borrow up to $87.525 million for the Calgary Housing capital portfolio. The first-reading package explicitly identifies this bylaw as financing construction of affordable housing. Final reading is the scored choice. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 15, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction | Yes | Pass the final reading of the authority to borrow up to $87.525 million for the Calgary Housing capital portfolio. The first-reading report identifies the purpose and maximum authority for Bylaw 11B2025; it is not another scored decision. | Context / unscored |
Dec 17, 2025 Meeting began Dec 15, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Allocate $10 million for a Ward 4 mixed-income housing acquisition | Yes | Approve the specified $10 million acquisition contribution. The resolution explicitly allocates funding for Calgary Housing's mixed-income acquisition. It shares one Calgary Housing expansion weight with the related borrowing decision, because that linked financing portfolio includes an acquisition and cannot be shown to be independent. | Reviewed policy choice |
Dec 1, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Allocate funding for non-market downtown conversions | No | Reject this allocation amendment; it does not establish opposition to all downtown housing. The recorded amendment expressly allocates $10 million to non-market conversions. Other amendments to this same budget share its scoring group. | Reviewed policy choice |
Jan 28, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Tax exemptions for non-profit non-market housing | Yes | Approve the exemption bylaw and related mitigation policy, including the amended eligibility threshold. This package explicitly grants a financial benefit to eligible non-profit non-market housing. | Reviewed policy choice |
Sep 16, 2023 | Andre Chabot | Approve the Home is Here housing strategy | Yes | Approve the amended strategy package and its implementation and reporting directions. This strategy package combines non-market financial support with market-housing, zoning, tenant and reporting policies. A Yes supports the package; a No cannot be read as opposition to its non-market component. It is shown for context and not scored as narrow financial support. | Context / unscored |
| Date | Person | Record type | Choice or statement | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Approve the refreshed 2026–2030 housing strategy · No This vote is explained as a specific decision and is not included in an issue spectrum. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Jul 28, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Authorize the sixth non-market housing land-disposition round · Yes The confirmed agenda identifies the approval as NMLS #6. CP2019-02 defines the programme as below-market City-land transfers to non-profit housing providers, and the public resolution expressly recognizes a City land contribution and committed non-market units. Only the reviewed programme authorization is scored; the exact terms and members' motives are unknown. | City Council policy CP2019-02: Non-Market Housing Land Disposition · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction · Yes The final financing package includes several housing bylaws; its repeated reading is contextual. | City report C2026-0090: defined affordable-housing borrowing and on-lending · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Jan 27, 2026 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction · Yes The first-reading package explicitly identifies this bylaw as financing construction of affordable housing. Final reading is the scored choice. | City report C2026-0090: defined affordable-housing borrowing and on-lending · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 17, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Allocate $10 million for a Ward 4 mixed-income housing acquisition · Yes The resolution explicitly allocates funding for Calgary Housing's mixed-income acquisition. It shares one Calgary Housing expansion weight with the related borrowing decision, because that linked financing portfolio includes an acquisition and cannot be shown to be independent. | Calgary Housing, December 18, 2025: acquisition contribution and expansion financing · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Authorize borrowing for affordable housing construction · Yes The first-reading report identifies the purpose and maximum authority for Bylaw 11B2025; it is not another scored decision. | City report C2026-0090: defined affordable-housing borrowing and on-lending · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Dec 1, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Allocate funding for non-market downtown conversions · No The recorded amendment expressly allocates $10 million to non-market conversions. Other amendments to this same budget share its scoring group. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| Jan 28, 2025 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Tax exemptions for non-profit non-market housing · Yes This package explicitly grants a financial benefit to eligible non-profit non-market housing. | City Clerk's Council and Committee Votes · reviewed Oct 29, 2026 |
| 2025 | Andre Chabot | Stated position | Supported nonprofit land leases and City mixed-market housing, supplemented by senior-government funding and faster approvals. | Question 7 response · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
| Sep 16, 2023 | Andre Chabot | Recorded vote | Approve the Home is Here housing strategy · Yes This strategy package combines non-market financial support with market-housing, zoning, tenant and reporting policies. A Yes supports the package; a No cannot be read as opposition to its non-market component. It is shown for context and not scored as narrow financial support. | Confirmed 2023 Council minutes, September 16, pages 431–434 · reviewed Oct 30, 2026 |
Supported nonprofit land leases and City mixed-market housing, supplemented by senior-government funding and faster approvals.
Question 7 response · reviewed Oct 30, 2026Adds an independent issue and concrete policy choice for a current member with no existing statements.
A missing commitment is not a finding that someone made no promises.