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Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 10 months ago by girlfreddy@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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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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[-] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

We already got that. Municipal governments have control of the housing market. It's called "zoning" and their opinion on housing is "no."

[-] pinkdrunkenelephants@sopuli.xyz 2 points 10 months ago

Then buy a bunch of land and incorporate it as a separate county. Or the Canadian equivalent, I don't know what you guys call it

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