Investigating community-based real estate options in Montréal’s Chinatown

??This project builds upon current and historical advocacy around cultural heritage in Montréal’s Chinatown, specifically addressing the desire for community control in urban development. In the context of historical disinvestment and current pressures of gentrification, JIA Foundation seeks to forward a pathway to equitable neighbourhood change through community-oriented real estate solutions. By creating practical and multilingual information on five community real estate models, this project aims to provide resources that property owners and residents can use to instigate community-led development. The resources will focus on processes like building conservation, project financing, and collective ownership structures. With a significant amount of property ownership in the neighbourhood tied to family associations and community organizations, the neighbourhood is well-positioned to utilize these tools to foster economic revitalization, affordable housing development, and cultural heritage conservation to the neighbourhood. The analysis will be informed by interviews with experts in the field, community consultation, analysis of internal research on neighbourhood land use and demographics, and a review of grey literature. With the growing housing crisis affecting more and more communities across Canada, this research will be able to offer insights to other community-based groups seeking to build community control in their own neighbourhood.?

Faculty Supervisor:

Ted Rutland

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Partner:

JIA Foundation

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Arts, entertainment and recreation

University:

Concordia University

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