With Quebec’s moving day approaching on July 1st, housing groups in Montreal are launching what they call a week of action across the city to highlight the ongoing rental crisis.
The groups launched the protests on Monday by temporarily occupying a property in the city’s Parc Extension neighbourhood.
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They say the city bought the property in 2020 with the promise of building social housing — but it has been sitting empty ever since.
They say they plan to occupy sites they say are missed opportunities to build housing for vulnerable communities.
Advocates say there’s a huge backlog of delayed projects, and they think pressure tactics are needed against the Quebec government.
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