Every developer has opted to pay Montreal instead of building affordable housing, under new bylaw
- Montreal's 20-20-20 plan, which requires developers to include 20% social housing, 20% affordable housing, and 20% family housing in major residential projects, has failed as no social housing has been built in the past two years.
- Instead of building low-cost units, developers prefer to pay fines to the city, resulting in approximately $24 million being collected by the city without transparency regarding its use.
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This City Made Developers Build Affordable Housing or Pay Up. They All Paid.
A law designed to build affordable housing in Montreal—and which an elected official predicted would lead to 600 new units a year—has led to zero units of affordable housing, according to the city’s data. The law required developers to either build housing or pay into a fund. Every developer chose the second option. In April 2021, Montreal adopted the Bylaw for a Diverse Metropolis. According to the law, developers who build five dwelling units…
Two years after the adoption of a municipal by-law requiring developers to include social and affordable housing in their subdivisions, it is clear that developers prefer to pay a penalty rather than meet this obligation, according to the official opposition at City Hall.
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