Outremont gives nod to social housing
Outremont has given the nod to a new project with 91 units of social housing on the edge of the university campus.
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Ian 13:52 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
I hope they got it in writing.
Kate 14:08 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
I’m afraid my cynical heart also thought: come back in 5 years’ time and see: 1. did this ever get built and if so, 2. is it being used legitimately for social housing.
DeWolf 18:27 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
There have been a lot of affordable co-ops built in the past few years, including the Coop Mile-End, which opened last year with 93 units, and the Coop Montagne Verte, which is currently under construction in Griffintown with 136 units. What makes you think this Outremont project won’t be built?
Kate 20:32 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
Not saying it won’t, but there’s a desirability factor. It’s near the new campus. And it’s possible that a new city administration could be elected next year whose attitude to housing might be a little more avaricious than Projet’s. I can already hear an argument that the city has to divest itself of some projects into private hands to raise money – it’s happened before. Long bet?
Tim 22:09 on 2020-10-13 Permalink
The lead in references the housing being built on Manseau (which supports Kate’s fear because I swear I read about it years ago in the local weekly that went bust) but the artist rendering shows a building clearly opposite the great new Pierre Dansereau park that has been built on the Querbes extension.
Ian 08:23 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
@DeWolf I was thinking of all the social housing and soforth agreed upon when the permits for the demolition of the old Children’s were granted – but all the agreements were verbal and the developers renegged.
I realize that was before Projet took the reins but if there’s one group of people I trust even less than poitiicans, it’s developers.
DeWolf 11:46 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
That’s fair, Ian – anytime private developers are involved in providing social housing they usually find a way to worm out of their obligations. But in this case it’s a non-profit housing cooperative taking over the Outremont site. They already run some other coops around town.
Ian 18:44 on 2020-10-14 Permalink
@DeWolf that’s good news. What’s the name of the group? I reread the article Kate linked to several times and seem to miss it every time.
MarcG 09:52 on 2020-10-15 Permalink
I can only find info about the archetecture firm http://pivot.coop/portfolio/coop-mil/.