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• After tough moving day, calls grow for more affordable housing in Quebec

  An affordable housing public interest group complains the Quebec government isn't investing enough to build new homes for vulnerable tenants.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2021
  
• Federal budget will help Montreal’s post-pandemic recovery, city says

  The city said Freeland's budget will help support Montreal's "green and inclusive" recovery plans, with major investments in public transit, housing and economic development.

  Economy

  Apr 19, 2021
  
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• Advocates push Quebec government to increase social housing for victims of domestic violence

  The groups are calling on the government to fund the construction of 50,000 social housing units within the next five years.

  Politics

  Feb 28, 2021
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• Montreal protesters rally against curfew, call for stricter public health measures

  Protesters rallied in Montreal on Sunday to protest the lack of affordable housing in the city and the government's "mismanagement" of the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2021
• Montreal authorities clear out Notre-Dame Street homeless camp over safety concerns

  The camp, near the Port of Montreal, has been in place for several months. The decision to evict comes after a fire in the camp over the weekend.

  Politics

  Dec 7, 2020
• Quebec budget does not deliver, tenant group says

  Action Front in Urban Reorganization says Quebec's recent budget announcement did not address a need for social housing.

  Nov 13, 2020
• City of Montreal, transport ministry to allow Notre-Dame encampment as deadline passes

  "We have not planned to forcibly dismantle the Notre-Dame encampment," said city spokesperson Laurence Houde-Roy

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2020
• 373 Quebec families without leases after province-wide moving day, housing group says

  Quebec's traditional moving day is over and hundreds of families still have yet to sign a new lease, according to FRAPRU.

  Canada

  Jul 2, 2020
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• Montrealers face added complications of COVID-19, renovictions on moving day

  Montreal's vacancy rate sits at a 15-year low of 1.5 per cent.

  Canada

  Jul 1, 2020
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• Quebec budget: social housing funding falls short of Montreal, community groups’ expectations

  Social housing advocacy groups argue the province's funding doesn't go far enough when it comes to helping vulnerable and low-income Quebecers.

  Canada

  Mar 11, 2020