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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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[–] 2 points 2 years ago

New Vancouverite here, previously from Montreal. The answer is that it's fucked. 1bdrm hitting 3k a month and 2bdrm is about 3800. I can't imagine how service works are surviving. Min wage is 16.75/hr but living wages are mathed out to about 25/hr and even that would be hard.

Salaries seem to be generally lower since it's beautiful and has mild winters. I'm not sure how long we'll stay if things don't get better soon. Sadly local politics are NIMBY friendly and not doing anything useful. In fact they just reduced the vacant home tax...because people weren't reporting it on their taxes voluntarily.

It's too bad because we found dream jobs in specialized fields here, the only other real option is Toronto (ugh, no) or the US (hard no).

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