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Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy to c/[email protected]
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Two years after Valérie Plante's administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn't seen a single one.

The Bylaw for a Diverse Metropolis forces developers to include social, family and, in some places, affordable housing units to any new projects larger than 4,843 square feet.

If they don't, they must pay a fine or hand over land, buildings or individual units for the city to turn into affordable or social housing.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s the same reason that homeless people are typically found in inner city areas, and not poorer suburbs. There are little to no amenities in poorer suburbs, amenities exist in more established and inner city suburbs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As well as income, from work or otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

And supportive communities that rise up organically, and a more visibility on the violence they suffer