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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] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

It's not just out of touch rich assholes who think this. I have so many friends that love to say people who work at don't deserve to live in any city and should get a real job. The most ironic part is non of them know how to cook and rely on fast food for the majority of their meals.

People making under the median household income are the ones who keep the city functioning and they deserve to live in the city more than someone making 300k a year.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Work at (insert service job) don't deserve...

Won't save my edit

[–] sbv 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

who the fuck says shit like that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Scumbags