Demolition permit despite tenant
A woman has been fighting to stay in the otherwise empty building on Ste‑Catherine opposite Place Émilie-Gamelin, and although no compensation has been agreed on for her eviction, the city has granted a demolition permit.
steph 11:05 on 2024-04-06 Permalink
This is gross. How much profit does Mondev expect to make with this project? Why should they make even 1$ on her back?
I found only one TAL judgement from 20 juillet 2023 where they refuse to “DÉCLINE compétence juridictionnelle sur la présente demande.” So the city has given a demolition permit despite White not being legally evicted??? Wouldn’t the landlord need an eviction judgement BEFORE the demolition request? This is a mess.
Nicholas 12:02 on 2024-04-06 Permalink
I think it’s gross she’s blocking housing during a housing crisis because getting $20,000 and a furnished apartment larger and nicer than the one she has two blocks away for $400 a month is not enough and she wants more. Do we expect a developer to line up millions of dollars for a job and give her all the profit except $1?
Almost 100% of people living on the island had their houses built by developers. If we stop developers we stop new housing.
SMD 19:48 on 2024-04-06 Permalink
6.85% of people living in the city of Montreal live in social or community housing. If social and community groups had greater access to land and credit that number could easily go up. For-profit developers are as much a cause of the housing shortage as a solution to it, as they build to maximize returns instead of meeting the human right to housing.
Paul 09:27 on 2024-04-08 Permalink
+1 Nicholas
Spot on. This is just another form of NIMBYism (albeit from a more sympathetic party).
The developer’s offer has been more than generous.
Tim 10:59 on 2024-04-08 Permalink
There were a lot of fans on this board for this woman a year ago when her story came up… https://mtlcityweblog.com/2023/05/24/single-tenant-blocks-condo-development/
Ian 14:30 on 2024-04-08 Permalink
I also recall the one building that refused to sell to the îlot Voyageur project and held out for years and years, the last building on the block… and then they sold and the project was underway! Huzzah! And now the whole block is abandoned except the one corner that was finished.
Café Cleopatra is another one that held out against developers in what turned out to be a prescient move.
Just because developers and $$$ and the city are in on it doesn’t mean it will ever happen.
Developers only. care about profit, don’t pretend they are performing a public service from the goodness of their hearts.
Chris 20:33 on 2024-04-09 Permalink
>If social and community groups had greater access to land and credit…
You can give your own money here for example: https://indwell.ca/donate/