Carla White 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
As Carla White looks out the window of her yellow-and-pink, plant-filled apartment in the heart of downtown Montreal, she wonders where she’s going to live next.
White, who declined to give her age, says she was homeless after multiple previous evictions before she found a home she could afford a decade ago. The small bachelor apartment has given her a measure of stability. But like so many low-income tenants in Montreal, she finds that stability threatened by gentrification and development.
The developer, Mondev, did not respond to a request for comment. But at the May 1 committee meeting, senior partner David Owen said the company has been trying to negotiate with White for “three or four years” without success. “The right to make profits in real estate development exists but is not unlimited,” Johnson said. “It should not take precedence over the fundamental right to housing, which is a fundamental human need.”
“How far will $20,000 go $1,600 a month?” she said. “I will be evicted within a year. I will be out on the roads.” “In the current state of things, it’s very hard to find new housing, so we wanted to re-emphasize the fact that according to the regulation, they have to show that everything has been done to respect the rights of the tenant,” he said in a phone interview.
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