Another decrepit house in Plateau
TVA is claiming that a decrepit duplex on Drolet is the same kind of problem as that building on Esplanade that’s been left to ruin and nearly collapsed, but you can see in the pictures that it’s not the same thing at all – this one is tiny and isn’t the same kind of hazard to adjoining buildings. That said, owners shouldn’t be allowed to let any building deteriorate to this condition.
TDH 09:05 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
Overly strict rent controls and a rental board that makes it difficult to evict delinquent tenants are to blame for this, in part.
Many potentially good landlords would never invest their money in rental housing stock.
I know rents have gone up lately but the starting point was so low to begin with.
Montreal is one of the cheapest biggest cities to live in and decrepit housing stock is one of the consequences.
Kate 09:37 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
TDH, you’re basing thus comment on a case you know nothing about.
SMD 09:56 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
For a balanced history of rent control and market forces in Montreal, this recent thread by the director of monloyer.quebec is excellent: https://twitter.com/AdamMongrain/status/1148369651459477504.
Ian 10:02 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
Considering 6 and a halfs are going for $2400/month in this area I think that your argument that rents are too low is a bit comical.
Ephraim 11:02 on 2019-07-09 Permalink
Ian – Depends…. a lot of the cheap stock never reaches the advertisement stage. Some of it never gets emptied… as they put it up on AirBnB when they move out. Or they get a friend to take over the lease because it’s so cheap. There is a lot of variance.
Back to the subject at hand. All of this can be taken care of with taxation and laws. TVA is really into click-bait lately. Did they merge with that famous click-bait blog? Hire people from there?