It concerns non-market social and affordable housing, and can be done in 3 ways: 

• 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 subsidies. To sign an agreement with the city, please contact the Service 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.

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

It is in the form of the construction of dwellings (see the definition in article 1 of the by-law). The number of dwellings to build varies according to the total number of dwellings included in the project.

The dwellings may be built and incorporated directly into the project or into another project requiring family housing. In such as case, they must be located less than 2 km from the project subject to the agreement. 

For projects located downtown (Area 1), construction must take place within the same area. No contribution to the family component is required for projects located in an area that is exempt (Appendix C).

Find out how to use our contribution calculation tool.