girlfreddyAug 21, 2023

Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw

https://sh.itjust.works/post/3330436

Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw - sh.itjust.works

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.

Show threadpinkdrunkenelephantsAug 22, 2023
Housing really is one of those aspects of the market that needs to be demonetized and handled by governments.
Show threadstarclaudeAug 22, 2023
it is too late, it is already become rich people gold mine/golden egg that they wont let go no matter what because how stable the investment are, not to mention not taxable when empty
Show threadpinkdrunkenelephantsAug 22, 2023
Then quite frankly, you all need to band together and either take back control of the old government or form a new one, and seize the housing to be fairly distributed in the manner you want. You’re not going to fix the problem any other way.
Show threadEtterraAug 22, 2023
Unfortunately the government has all the tanks. And historically people will tolerate nearly anything short of death - often via food scarcity - before they actually put their own necks on the line.
Show threadpinkdrunkenelephants

You don’t have to be those people. You have a moral obligation to make the choice not to be.

Steal the tanks.

Aug 22, 2023 at 12:28pmWeb