After several citizen consultations, the City of Quebec opts to increase the share of social, community and affordable housing in its Vision for the development of the Canardière neighborhoods.
In its preliminary vision of the neighborhood presented last fall, the City anticipated 12% social, community and affordable housing. Its final version unveiled Monday now provides for 20%.
Last November, the City unveiled its preliminary vision for the sector.
The East Coast Citizen Table is delighted with this new target.
[ Avec l’ancien objectif ] we maintained the percentage of social housing in the sector, therefore we maintained the crisis situation
specifies Marie-Hélène Deshaies, the president of the citizen group.
It now remains to see the tools to achieve this objective, whether at the provincial or municipal level.
she adds.
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Vision for the development of Henri-Bourassa Boulevard in a southerly direction
Photo: Courtesy: City of Quebec
The City, for its part, reiterates its commitment to deliver 80,000 housing units of all types by 2040.
We want citizens to be able to find housing that meets their needs and their ability to pay.
indicates in a press release the head of land use planning on the executive committee, Marie-Pierre Boucher.
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The redevelopment of the Canardière neighborhoods is independent of whether or not the tramway passes through the area, the City points out.
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Garage Canardière
The City reaffirms its desire to convert the Canardière garage into a multifunctional center with a social vocation without indicating the possible concepts. A collective approach to clarify them will be launched possibly
.
However, it still closes the door to a self-managed center that the East Coast Citizen Table would like to see.
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The town hall cabinet confirms that it does not want a self-managed project to see the light of day in the old garage.
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Mme Deshaies assures that she will continue to work so that this project meets the needs of the community
.
Citizens must be involved in the future of this building.
says the president of the Citizen Table.
But the person responsible for major urban projects on the executive committee, Maude Mercier Larouche, warns: Whatever project is chosen, the requalification will take around ten years due to the need to relocate current activities, decontaminate the land and renovate the building.
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The vision of the Canardière neighborhoods provides for a nature park on the site of the former Estimauville snow depot.
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