Maestria to pay off requirement for social housing
Devimco has no intention to include social housing in its Maestria project, so it’s going to throw a $2.6-million bone to the city and the FTQ is adding a few more million to theoretical construction of theoretical social housing units somewhere in Ville-Marie well away from the Quartier des Spectacles. Item goes on to explain there’s no obligation for any of this.
Ephraim 20:52 on 2019-02-13 Permalink
Did you really expect that they wanted to have social housing right in the QdS? I could have bet that funds would be easier to get than actual housing. And I still think the funds would go further as a subsidy than actually building and running housing. But I thought that the city had a percentage earmarked as part of the permit level.
Steve Q 01:40 on 2019-02-14 Permalink
Good news, this is not a place for social housing. The same amount of money will be better use elsewhere for social housing than at this place.
Kate 09:01 on 2019-02-14 Permalink
I guess we’re all agreed, then, that it’s best to keep poor people out of sight?
Phil 05:33 on 2019-02-14 Permalink
Just wait until all the suckers who buy a crazy expensive condo in this building realise that the noise. Never. Stops.
All summer long, it just keeps going. I live two blocks away from QdS on Sherbrooke, and I can hear everything. Even with new buildings that have sprung up, which you’d think would block the noise, but really, reall don’t.
And good luck to anyone trying to subkit a noise complaint, like they do on St. Laurent street…
david100 07:33 on 2019-02-14 Permalink
^ Yeah, the problem is that with so many new residents, there will be increase in pressure to shut things down early. It would be better if they had kept the early hotel plan.
Ephraim 10:08 on 2019-02-14 Permalink
Kate, it’s not a matter of keeping them out of sight, it’s also a matter of best use of the money and of course the condo upkeep costs (maintenance, shared condo fees and property tax). But let’s say that we can managed to buy a studio in that area for $400K. I may be able to buy 2 studios in the village area for that money. So, are we better off having two people in social housing with lower maintenance costs or one with high maintenance costs? And remember that I pointed out the problem with Condos with too large a mix in sizes… in Quebec, the condo vote is by square metres, so the people with the biggest apartments carry more weight…. a single condo covering one floor has the same vote as 6 apartments carrying one floor. This causes problems like having a single cable company package… because it’s by vote. Or upgrades to the buildings, or maintenance of the pool, patio, billiard room, etc. So, is it a good idea to put someone in social housing with high maintenance costs?