This component includes social and non-market affordable housing that can take the following forms:

• The sale of an immovable in the form of vacant land, a turnkey project or a fixed-price design-build project: For the sale of vacant land, you will receive financial compensation, calculated based on the buildable potential of the transferred land (minimum of approximately 2,700 m2) and the area in which it is located. The costs associated with the construction of a turnkey or design-build project are typically offset with government subsidies. To sign an agreement with the city, please contact the Service de la stratégie immobilière et de l’habitation at [email protected] 
• A financial contribution: The contribution varies according to the size of the project and the area in which it is located.
• A combination of the options listed above.

A contribution can be provided on or off the project site (within a radius of 2 km from the project limits and for a slightly higher contribution). For projects located in the downtown core (Area 1), contributions must be made within the same area.

This component requires the construction of family dwellings (please consult the definition of “logement familial” in article 1 of the by-law). The number of family dwellings to build varies according to the total number of dwellings included in the project.

Family dwellings may be incorporated directly into the project or into another project requiring family housing. In the latter case, the other project must be located less than 2 km from the project subject to the agreement.

For projects located in the downtown core (Area 1), off-site family units must be built within the same area. No family housing contribution is required for projects located in exempted areas (Appendix C).

Find out how to use our contribution calculation tool.