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Two years after ValΓ©rie 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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[–] Nutbane 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Quotes from Developer Nicola Padulo:

"If people can't afford it, they should not live in the city. The city is made for the privileged."

He says the city wants to "put its nose" in his business.

[–] yardy_sardley 53 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I'd love to see the privileged try to live in a city devoid of any service workers.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

My city is kinda like that. Stores have no checkouts open, fast food is bad and takes forever, and restaurants are never as good in other towns

They cry anytime affordable housing pops up yet don't understand why no one is around to stock the grocery store

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

That always cracks me up about Atlas shrugged. A colony of people who think they're too good to clean toilets, gonna go far.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

The right wing consistently shoots themselves in the feet and cry about how evil everyone else is for gently suggesting that maybe we at least switch to .22 rounds instead of buckshot

[–] ILikeBoobies 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I love this point because they really don’t understand that if you put all the minimum wage employees 3 hours away from the city then they will need to drive 3 hours to get groceries

[–] nueonetwo 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

It's not just out of touch rich assholes who think this. I have so many friends that love to say people who work at don't deserve to live in any city and should get a real job. The most ironic part is non of them know how to cook and rely on fast food for the majority of their meals.

People making under the median household income are the ones who keep the city functioning and they deserve to live in the city more than someone making 300k a year.

[–] nueonetwo 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Work at (insert service job) don't deserve...

Won't save my edit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

who the fuck says shit like that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] Mossheart 1 points 2 years ago

No they won't. They'll just pay for delivery and carry on.