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Rosemary Lafrenière would be a millionaire if the city of Montreal applied its new housing development bylaw to buy her acre of land.
Instead, the city has tried to get her parcels in a Pointe-aux-Trembles field for free.
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The âBylaw for a Diverse Metropolis,â which went into effect on April 1, is intended to promote the construction of social, affordable and family housing by requiring new residential development projects contain 20 per cent of each, depending on size and location. But a lesser-known part of the so-called â20-20-20â bylaw stipulates the city will buy vacant land from developers anywhere on the island to build social housing. It even sets the prices the city will pay â ranging from $552 per square metre for land downtown and in Old Montreal to $2
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City land grab in Pointe-aux-Trembles a ‘scam,’ grandson says
The city of Montreal has perpetrated a “monumental scam” to grab plots of land belonging to several individuals in a vacant field in Pointe-aux-Trembles that happens to sit next to the future REM de l’Est, says the grandson of one of them.
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“In my personal opinion, it’s a scam,” said Bruno Martel, whose grandmother, Françoise Allard, died at the age of 90 in January 2020 before seeing a cent from the city for her two plots of land that it had initially tried to get her to hand over for free.
Family adds its voice to others denouncing Montreal s ruthless tactics to acquire their land for nothing.
Author of the article: Linda Gyulai • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: May 10, 2021 • 5 days ago • 5 minute read • Françoise Allard, pictured, owned two parcels of land in Pointe-aux-Trembles that the city tried to acquire from her for free. Her son, Guy Martel, right, and grandson, Bruno Martel, managed to get the city to pay her but at a price they say is peanuts. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
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The city of Montreal has perpetrated a “monumental scam” to grab plots of land belonging to several individuals in a vacant field in Pointe-aux-Trembles that happens to sit next to the future REM de l’Est, says the grandson of one of them.