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Montreal to develop 1,000 off-market affordable housing units, 200 social housing units

by Lorraine Carpenter

“This agreement aims to accelerate housing construction and protect more units from speculation.”

The City of Montreal and the Société d’habitation et de développement de Montréal (SHDM) have launched a partnership that will ensure the development of 1,000 off-market affordable housing units over the next three years. 300 of these units will be reserved for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

“This agreement aims to accelerate housing construction and protect more units from speculation.”

Montreal to develop 1,000 off-market affordable housing units, 200 social housing units

This news follows a similar announcement last week about the forthcoming development of off-market student housing in Montreal.

Projet Montréal has also announced a new project that will bring 200 social housing units to Verdun. This first stage of the green redevelopment of the Hickson-Dupuis area could lead to the addition of 500 additional housing units.

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by Lorraine Carpenter

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Lorraine Carpenter was born in Montreal and studied communications and journalism at Concordia. She co-founded Cult MTL in 2012 following 12 years at the now-defunct Montreal alt weekly the Mirror, where she worked in editorial as copy editor and music editor. She’s dedicated to supporting the cultural scene in Montreal.