Carla White’s battle has shone a light on city’s lack of affordable new housing for those on low incomes
A single tenant in a Montreal apartment block has halted a multimillion-dollar development project in a standoff that has focused fresh attention on the lack of affordable housing in major Canadian cities.has been trying for years to persuade Carla White to move from her small C$400-a-month apartment so it can demolish a row of mostly abandoned buildings and build 176 luxury apartments.
In a meeting in early May, the city’s demolition committee approved plans to tear down a number of buildings, including White’s complex. But the committee also said the developer needed to find a solution for White. David Owen told the demolition committee earlier in May that the company had offered White C$20,000 , a figure Johnson confirmed. “It seems, to a certain extent, that she is using this opportunity to either better her lifestyle or hold us for ransom almost, because the things that she’s requesting are way beyond the norm,” said David Owen, adding “she thinks that she has a lottery ticket and not a lease, and that’s what the problem is”.
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