Verdun housing committee will try to block development in Dupuis-Hickson: 'we feel very cheated'
From CKUT Local Journalism Initiative · 00:08:50
Show by Jules Bugiel
Episode Notes The City of Montreal announced its intention to build close to 200 units of social housing alongside a private development in Verdun's Dupuis-Hickson sector. Benoit Dorais, Vice President of Montreal’s Executive Committee and the member responsible for housing, called the agreement a "win-win." Crucially, it marks the end of a 2022 lawsuit with private developer District Atwater, who took the City to court over its use of the pre-emptive right, or right of first refusal. The City used that right in 2021 to acquire a Dupuis-Hickson lot for social housing. The new agreement will see that lot go to District Atwater as part of a multi-lot development. The City will be able to build social housing on just a portion of the lots, and will make a $6.7 million financial contribution. But Verdun's housing committee, the Citizen Action Committee of Verdun (CACV), is aiming to block the development entirely. They say they'd rather see no housing than a project that would further gentrify the neighbourhood.
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