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Provide technical and financial support for new housing development in neighbourhoods around metros, areas surrounding the New Tramway, and commuter train stations. Put in place a subsidy program offering financial incentives of up to $25,000 per admissible housing unit. If a property is acquired privately, this initial aid would have to be reimbursed, for example, when the property is resold.

Establish a municipal corporation, the Montreal Development Corporation, to be put in charge of all Montreal urban development projects. The agency will use the services of City employees who are specialists in key fields, and who will work in close cooperation with one another so as to carry out the broad vision laid out by the administration and by city council. To ensure that each project is in keeping with this broad vision, and that projects are properly coordinated, every investment of $5 million or more proposed by the central city, a borough or a city-owned corporation will have to either be supervised or carried out by the agency.

The Montreal Development Corporation will be put under the direct responsibility of the mayor of Montreal. It will operate in a manner that respects the directives issued by city council and the mayor's office. It should be emphasized that the fact that these projects are carried out or supervised by the agency does not in any way change rules concerning public consultation.