http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/9363/0 en http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/whos-city-our-city/17758 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Montrealers occupy lot in city&#039;s southwest to demand more social housing </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/screen_shot_2013-06-02_at_10.45.43_am.png" alt="" title="More than 100 people took part in an occupation of a vacant lot in Montreal&#039;s southwest, demanding the city put aside more land for social housing. PHOTO: Arij Riahi." width="450" height="299" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <div>MONTREAL&mdash;Some&nbsp;100 protesters established an occupation of an empty lot in Montreal&#39;s working-class neighbourhood of St-Henri on Saturday, calling on the city to dedicate more land to social housing and to reduce the rapid rate at which condominiums are being built in the city.</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>&quot;Since 2000, Montreal has been in what we call a housing crisis,&quot; </div><p><a href="http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/whos-city-our-city/17758" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/story/whos-city-our-city/17758#comments Tim McSorley Direct Action Housing condos gentrification housing Montreal POPIR poverty slumlords social housing St-Henri Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:53:53 +0000 Tim McSorley 17758 at http://montreal.mediacoop.ca