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Bill C-56 on affordable housing and groceries | Cold reception from the business world
(Ottawa) The Trudeau government undermines “the stable and predictable rules of the free market” with its reform of the Competition law, accuses the Business Council of Canada. In addition to…
Abolition of the GST | No definition of affordable housing in the bill
(Ottawa) The Trudeau government does not provide a limit on the price of new rents in its bill to abolish the GST on the construction of rental housing. Finance Minister…
Test bench | Buick Envista: originality at an affordable price
(Detroit) With the Envista, Buick is trying to capture SUV-weary, cost-conscious buyers. Posted at 11:45 a.m. Eric LeFrancois special cooperation Circumvention maneuver There are customers looking for a vehicle capable…
lucid | A response to Tesla with more affordable models
After catching the automotive world off guard with its large Air sedan, California-based electric vehicle maker Lucid is preparing to expand into more affordable categories. Posted at 11:45 a.m. His…
Federal government investment in affordable housing | “It seems like a lot, but it will not end the crisis”
Community organizations welcome the funding offered by the federal government of $308 million to build 1,581 social and affordable housing units in Quebec, but believe that this is not enough…
308 million from Ottawa for nearly 1,600 affordable housing units
The federal government announces funding of $308 million for the construction of housing dedicated to vulnerable people. Posted at 12:28 p.m. Thanks to this amount, 54 housing projects totaling 1,581…
Montreal wants affordable housing; promoters prefer profits
For six years, the City of Montreal has owned the grounds of the former Hippodrome in the west of the city. She hopes to build an “eco-model” neighborhood there that…
Hundreds of affordable homes waiting to sprout
Despite the billions of dollars invested over time in the construction of social housing, Quebec is facing a traffic jam. More than 675 rental apartments planned in the AccèsLogis program…
Opinion – “Affordable housing, but not in my backyard!” »
The housing crisis is a phenomenon known for a long time, which evolves according to a multifactorial complexity. But the pressure on political decision-makers increases when it becomes difficult for…
Affordable Housing | Has Vienna found the recipe?
Vienna is regularly cited as a model in housing1.2. Nearly 60% of tenants live there in subsidized housing, either administered by the City of Vienna (Gemeindebau 31%) or by NPOs…
Homelessness: 54-year-old man gets second chance with affordable rent
Finding stability, feeling safe, thinking about your future, regaining confidence: having a roof over your head gives life back to homeless people. The newspaper met three formerly homeless people who…
A roof and a second chance: Affordable housing changes the life of a man at risk of homelessness
Finding stability, feeling safe, thinking about your future, regaining confidence: having a roof over your head gives life back to homeless people. The newspaper met three formerly homeless people who…
Motorcycle – Suzuki GSX-8S 2023 | A simple, pleasant and affordable novelty from Suzuki
The rich expertise of the major motorcycle manufacturers can be used just as much to design cars with extraordinary performance as to create simple and fun on the cheap. The…
Montreal funds for affordable housing
For the third time in less than a year, the City of Montreal will pay more than twice the property assessment of a building in order to acquire it and…
Sale of Manoir Lafontaine | A symbolic building will remain affordable
The Manoir Lafontaine, a residential building that has become a symbol of the fight against renovations in Montreal, has just been officially sold to an organization that will provide affordable…
Unable to find accessible and affordable housing, she will move to a tiny house
A Montrealer in a wheelchair will move into a tiny house built by her sister after having knocked in vain on all the doors to find accessible and affordable housing.…
Affordable Housing | Vienna was not built in a day
I recently had the opportunity to take part, in the company of the mayors of Montreal and Sherbrooke, in a study mission on housing in Vienna. The Austrian capital is…
Living in the City Creates Its Own Rent Registry to Keep Housing Affordable
The community organization Vivre en ville is launching its own rent register today, in which the monthly amount paid by tenants of more than 15,400 housing units in Quebec has…
Creation of affordable housing | Montrealers are open to density, says Plante
(Vienne) Visiting the Mecca of social housing, Valérie Plante said that Montrealers were ready to accept more density to facilitate the creation of affordable housing. Posted at 5:00 a.m. The…
Social and Affordable Housing | Private partners allow Québec to exceed its commitments
(Montreal) The participation of private partners in the construction and renovation of social and affordable housing has blossomed to increase the number by almost 50% compared to what was initially…