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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[–] 106 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sounds to me like the fines need to be bigger.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Just start seizing rentals already.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Seriously. Everybody keeps their family home. Anybody with income earning property gets that turned over to the state to be converted into affordable state run family housing to give the market a reasonable floor and get more people able to own their own family home

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