Social housing plans may vanish at Children’s site
TVA says that the promise of 175 social housing units at the Children’s Hospital redevelopment site may be about to go up in smoke. Quebec sold the site at a bargain price to a consortium of developers and the city changed the zoning to residential after a promise to include a community centre and social housing, but now the developer wants to pay the city off not to have to include them.
Chris 08:38 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
Surprise!
DeWolf 10:53 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
Another example of the Coderre administration relying on handshake deals rather than legal contracts. Coderre’s back-slapping mononcle schtick may have been charming to a lot of people but it was no way to run a city.
Ephraim 19:52 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
If it’s enough money, it can be used to better efficiency in other parts of the city than in the downtown core, when land is expensive.
qatzelok 19:59 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
Expensive land just mean higher density. Kicking normal people out of the central city (and moving them to Laval???) creates forms of poverty created by social isolation and transportation woes. Poor people need to be able to walk, and need to live commuting distance from their jobs.
qatzelok 20:00 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
I don’t know why some people think that being a selfish greedbag is “wise” or “efficient” in some way. Mass media damage, maybe?
Ephraim 20:10 on 2019-07-03 Permalink
How did other parts of the city end up being another city?
When 1500 sq feet of land goes for over $1 million dollars in the downtown core and 2200 sq feet in Rosemont goes for $400K, you can certainly see that you can provide more housing (therefore efficiency) in Rosemont. Do you want more social housing or less?