CALGARY –
A Calgary-based firm that rents out greater than 1,500 suites in Alberta has expanded its vaccination coverage past its workers and contractors, and now mandates the identical for future tenants.
Strategic Group introduced Thursday that every one potential tenants shall be required to point out proof of vaccination.
“Our residents are telling us that they worth realizing that every one their neighbours are vaccinated—they really feel even safer in their very own properties,” mentioned Strategic Group CEO Riaz Mamdani in an announcement. “We’ve got had no pushback from potential residents once we ask for proof of vaccination previous to doing excursions.
“Figuring out they’re strolling right into a group that cares about their well being is (a) characteristic for them.”
The corporate says exemptions shall be made for kids 12 and underneath who’re presently ineligible for vaccines.
Unvaccinated residents who presently reside in one of many firm’s one or two-bedroom suites in Calgary or Edmonton is not going to be evicted primarily based on their standing and shall be allowed to resume their leases, however they won’t be permitted to entry shared facilities together with health services and get together rooms.
“Vaccination of everybody in our group is the one approach we’re going to get by way of this pandemic and again to a way of normalcy,” mentioned Mamdani. “The security of our staff and our residents is a high precedence, so making certain full vaccination throughout the board is the least we are able to do.”
Strategic Group officers affirm to CTV Information that unvaccinated tenants will nonetheless have entry to hallways, lobbies, elevators, patios and different choose shared areas throughout the buildings and that the entire firm’s workers members are absolutely vaccinated.
