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Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'd love to see the privileged try to live in a city devoid of any service workers.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    My city is kinda like that. Stores have no checkouts open, fast food is bad and takes forever, and restaurants are never as good in other towns

    They cry anytime affordable housing pops up yet don't understand why no one is around to stock the grocery store

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I love this point because they really don’t understand that if you put all the minimum wage employees 3 hours away from the city then they will need to drive 3 hours to get groceries

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years 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.

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