Montreal Shelters
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Montreal wants to move day services from homeless shelter, citing ‘difficult’ cohabitationMaison Benoît Labre, located in the city's St-Henri neighbourhood, serves vulnerable clients who are either unhoused or dealing with addiction issues.CanadaAug 21
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Montreal shelter left scrambling without new location, forcing almost 50 people to the streetThe shelter started as a warming centre back in 2020 and soon expanded to respond to the high demand in the area. It is now scrambling to find a new emergency location.CanadaMay 29
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Montreal’s social intervention squad grapples with rising demand, lack of shelter spaceHowever, as the need for their services grows, members of the team say it's getting harder to fulfil a key part of their mandate — helping people find space in a shelter.CanadaOct 26, 2023
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What happens when Montreal residents don’t want shelters in their communities?Experts say as the homeless and opioid problems worsen more services will be needed to help the vulnerable, so a solution needs to be found, fast.CanadaOct 23, 2023
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Majority of unhoused campers evicted from Montreal overpass still without shelterNearly four months after a homeless encampment under the Ville-Marie Expressway was dismantled, about two-thirds of the people who were evicted are still unhoused.CanadaOct 3, 2023
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Temporary closure of Chez Doris day shelter could put a strain on resources for unhoused MontrealersChez Doris is temporarily pausing some day services until December at the earliest because of staffing shortages.CanadaSep 22, 2023
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Quebec’s social services under increased pressure by influx of asylum seekersThe federal government says that between January and November 2022, 45,250 asylum seekers arrived in Quebec, compared to 7,290 people for all of 2021.CanadaJan 4, 2023
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A permanent housing project in Montreal tries to help a city hit hard by COVID, apartment crunchThe goal is not only to find and provide a choice of dwellings, but to also create a sense of community and provide a better support system for Montrealers in a tough position.CanadaApr 1, 2021
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Coronavirus: Montreal mayor calls on premier to exempt homeless from COVID-19 curfewMontreal Mayor Valérie Plante argues the curfew is adding an unnecessary amount of stress on the homeless community, when resources are already stretched thin.HealthJan 19, 2021
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Montreal to open homeless shelter with supervised alcohol consumption in 2021Officials say the goal of the pilot project is to meet the needs of Montreal's homeless population.CanadaNov 11, 2020
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