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The City of Edmonton’s left hand is lobbying Ottawa for affordable housing dollars. Its right hand just kicked Tracey Kushniruk out of the most affordable place she’s ever found.

Kushniruk was the live-in caretaker at the Parkview Community League hall, where she supervised rentals, cleaned the grounds and chased hooligans off the roof in the wee hours of the morning. It was her job and housing for eight years, living in a suite that was part of the original city-stamped blueprints for the building from the 1950s.

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But one resident complained late last year. City administration decided that little suite doesn’t fit the zoning, and doesn’t align with the tripartite agreement it signed with league and Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues.

Kushniruk got notice in February.

Now the hall has no on-site overnight security, and the community league will have to budget an extra $1,000 a month to compensate her for the same service. As for other leagues, city officials say they will look for suites at each annual fire inspection.