Montreal community groups, politicians calling for more social housing – Montreal | 24CA News
People who reside in Montreal’s NDG neighbourhood are questioning why, in the course of a housing disaster, condo buildings like ones at 5210 to 5222 Walkley Avenue, are boarded up.
A coalition of group teams and politicians, saying they can’t depend on the Quebec authorities, are planning to seek out methods to assist reopen it and two different social housing items within the space.
The group blames the provincial authorities for failing to correctly fund social housing within the province.
“We see more and more units that are being closed just because of lack of renovation,” Virginie Dufour, Quebec Liberal Party housing critic famous.
She argues that the longer the Quebec authorities waits to fund renovation tasks the tougher will probably be to do since prices are rising.
“We need significant government policy to change the game on housing,” insists Désirée McGraw, Quebec Liberal Party MNA who’s a part of the coalition.
For now, the group is specializing in a 20-unit constructing at 3950 Cavendish Boulevard, previously operated by Project Chance which supported single moms pursuing a post-secondary training.
“This one, unfortunately, is the one that has been closed since 2019,” mentioned Halah Al-Ubaidi, govt director for the none-profit NDG Community Council.
Tenants had been requested to go away due to poor upkeep.
Next door is a transitional housing complicated, Project 03 On Our Own, which additionally homes single moms and stays open for now.
But it additionally has upkeep issues that fear directors, who say it’s tough to get issues achieved.
“We have a lot of larger renovation projects,” defined Amanda Murphy, Project 03 On Our Own director. “We have a lot of the same deficiencies that they had next door, including our heating system.”
The 40-unit constructing at 5210 to 5222 Walkley close to Chester is the opposite place on the group’s listing for reopening, and the third is at 2055 Elmhurst Avenue close to Sherbrooke Street.
According to Al-Ubaidi, the scarcity of social and inexpensive housing means persons are leaving the neighbourhood.
“We have many services in the community — beautiful schools, beautiful parks,” she instructed Global News. “Who shall be utilizing that?
Société d’habitation du Québec, partly chargeable for funding renovations within the province, mentioned they weren’t in a position to present an announcement by deadline.
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