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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] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree in principle, though I have a hard time seeing it going any other way than real estate developers getting even richer because now they just need to ~~bribe~~ lobby whatever politician is in charge of it for all the best deals

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean nationalize the industry so no one makes money. Only government constructs housing. All real estate development firms are nationalized and taken over by government, all equipment seized, all construction workers now under employ of the government.

It might be the only real way to solve the problem.

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

Given a significant portion of politicians own investment and rental properties, I'd be nervous about how well they would actually handle owning all the housing supply. I think there are corruption issues and policies to protect the public needed before the government should own significant amounts of housing.

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

AKA we need a new government and to annihilate the ruling class

It will be impossible to have any functional system until the dysfunctional humans are removed from play.