Last week 23 officially bilingual municipalities across Quebec, led by Cote Saint-Luc, launched a lawsuit challenging several aspects of Bill 96 that affect municipalities.
This Friday at least 306 residents must come out and sign the Register at the Hampstead Community Centre 30 Lyncroft between 9 am and 7 pm. Otherwise, the by-law will pass with no further council votes and Old Hampstead will be changed forever.
In April, 2021 the Hampstead council passed a draft by-law to raise the FSI (a measure of house volume) from .52 to .80 in Old Hampstead. That is a dramatic 54% increase. That would be bad enough but the true effect will be a doubling and tripling in the size of homes in Old Hampstead.
The Hampstead Council is still planning to destroy the look of Old Hampstead Back in April, the council passed the first draft of a by-law
Over the past few years, we have been reading about renovictions and how they reduce affordable housing which is in short supply in Montreal. In
I watched the May 2 Consultation meeting on increasing the FSI in Old Hampstead online as I was in Europe and couldn’t attend. I was
I have received so many phone calls, voice mails, and e-mails all thanking me for my 16 years of service and expressing disappointment in my electoral defeat. Your support has been heartwarming. I want everyone to know that I have very much enjoyed being your mayor and serving our beautiful town.
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