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This full-length documentary from the Challenge for Change program addresses housing issues affecting Montreal in the mid-1970s. As the city is restoring older apartments through direct action and government subsidies, new, low-rent housing is being integrated into old neighborhoods.
- Release Date
16 April 1974
- DirectingMichel Régnier
- Budget
$0.00
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$0.00
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