Rent increase raising concerns for southeast Calgary support centre
Global News
The Millican-Ogden Community Association and Calgary Housing Company are currently renegotiating a two-year lease with extensions, with rent set to increase to $700 per month.
An organization that helps thousands of Calgarians each year is now in need of help itself, with fears an incoming rent increase could jeopardize the services they provide.
The Southeast Calgary Resource Centre has been operating in their space in a Calgary Housing Company (CHC) building for more than 20 years; a service provided by the Millican-Ogden Community Association.
The centre provides services like food support, housing support, clothing donations, as well as assistance with income support, job hunting and building resumes.
Originally designed to help people living in the Millican-Ogden communities, the resource centre has expanded its reach to anyone in the city in need.
“We help just shy of 10,000 people per year out of this little space,” Millican-Ogden Community Association president John McDonald told Global News.
McDonald said the organization is running out of food faster than previous years as demand continues to increase for support organizations, and that demand has begun to stretch thin their ability to provide supports.
“There are folks who are out there wondering if they’re going to feed their kids tomorrow, and we can’t help everyone, as hard as we try,” McDonald said.
For 15 years, the centre had a lease agreement with the Calgary Housing Company to pay nominal rent, but that monthly rent charge increased to $550 in 2018.
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