Carla White doesn\u0027t want to leave her $400 a month downtown apartment, fearing the city is becoming unaffordable.
She is the only remaining tenant in her building, which is slated to be demolished to make room for a 176-unit condo project. But in order to move forward, the developer must reach an agreement with White — and she says she won’t leave until she’s provided with a home that offers the long-term stability she needs to ensure she won’t end up back on the streets.
He said that the company has offered White a different apartment, which she refused. They then offered her $20,000, which she also refused, he said. “She indicated to our lawyers that she wanted a penthouse and an amount of more than $50,000,” he told the committee. He said White wants an apartment with an affordable rent guaranteed for at least five years, or the equivalent in cash. They acknowledged the developer did offer White one apartment, but she says she didn’t feel safe in the proposed building and wasn’t convinced the rent wouldn’t rise.White, for her part, says $20,000 won’t last her long when apartment rents in Montreal have shot up, and most of the ones she sees range between $1,400 and $1,700 a month.
Robert Beaudry, a city councillor and chairman of the demolition committee, says the requirement that the developer reach an agreement with displaced tenants is not new, and that the rights of tenants are already enshrined in bylaws and regulations. However, he said the administration wanted to highlight the requirement in this case, because it is concerned about affordable housing.
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