Montreal: holdout tenant halts developer’s push to force her out

Focus over affordable housing as Carla White says she will not leave unless Mondev provides similar apartment with cheap rent

A single holdout tenant in a Montreal apartment block has halted a multimillion-dollar development project, in a standoff which has focused fresh attention on the lack of affordable housing in major Canadian cities.

Real estate developer Mondev has been trying for years to persuade Carla White to move from her small, C$400-a-month apartment so it can demolish a row of mostly abandoned buildings and build 176 condominium units.