"LRTs displace all the poor people"?

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I can't think of single current condo tower or office in downtown Kitchener presently occupying land that used to be poor housing.

Does anyone know if someone is actually building or opening anything new downtown that goes for under a thousand a month in rent?

In the words of Edna... HA. The space on Queen above the various businesses which have been at ground level (Strange Utopia?) was renovated such that a ~700sqft two-bedroom with zero storage space even inside the unit or its "closets" was marketed at $1500. That 1/3 of downtown is heritage districts (let alone properties, or the hush that falls adjacent to all of them) likely helps to keep from any such affordable units coming up.