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Two years after Valรฉrie Plante's administration said a new housing bylaw would lead to the construction of 600 new social housing units per year, the city hasn't seen a single one.

The Bylaw for a Diverse Metropolis forces developers to include social, family and, in some places, affordable housing units to any new projects larger than 4,843 square feet.

If they don't, they must pay a fine or hand over land, buildings or individual units for the city to turn into affordable or social housing.

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[โ€“] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 95 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sounds to me like the fines need to be bigger.

[โ€“] ladicius@lemmy.world 56 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a fine, it's a price.

[โ€“] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

In that case the price needs to be uneconomical

[โ€“] BloodForTheBloodGod@lemmy.ca 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just start seizing rentals already.

[โ€“] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

1 to 3 units > can be owned by anyone

4 to 8 units > need to be registered as a company

9 units or more > owned by a non profit crown corporation

[โ€“] Pxtl@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, like, if you reduced the number of rentals and made it uneconomical to build rentals, would you expect the cost of rent to go up or down?

Society can build things without a profit motive.

Housing should be a human right, so rent abolition is next after expropriation of land leeches.