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Activists urged Montreal to turn the former Hippodrome into a model neighbourhood for people with lower income and seniors. The city owns the area around the former racetrack, and has embarked on public consultations to get input on how the 75-hectare area should be developed. “The city has a moral and ethical responsibility to take the leadership to ensure that 2,500 social housing units are built,” said Susan Fitch, a volunteer for Project Genesis. titanic model  Êve Torres, a community organizer for the Corporation de développement communautaire de Côte-des-Neiges, said the area’s redevelopment is a chance to build a socially inclusive neighbourhood that would give everyone access to services and employment opportunities.  While housing activists are hoping the city makes the Hippodrome a hub for those with lower incomes, the Commission scolaire de Montréal wants schools to be the centre of the new neighbourhood, asking for two elementary schools and a high school t...