Social housing advocates calling on Quebec government to do more
Global News
Advocates point to an empty lot on Mont Royal Avenue East near Jean Duceppe Park in the Rosemont district as proof that the province is oblivious to the urgency of the situation.
Community groups are blasting the Quebec government for not doing enough to fund social housing in the city.
They point to one example on Mont Royal Avenue East near Jean Duceppe Park in the Rosemont district as proof that the province is oblivious to the urgency of the situation.
“This project has been accepted by the City of Montreal three years ago,” said Robert Mackrous, chairperson of Les Habitations du Réseau de l’Académie (RESAC), a non-profit housing organization.
“All the studies have been made, everything is fine.”
According to them, funding from the provincial government did not come through even though the need for social housing in the area is great.
“We have lots of people waiting for social housing,” Mackrous pointed out. “A thousand only in this district, 25,000 all over Montreal.”
This project is supposed to have 78 units, 68 reserved for families
Advocates, like Claire Garnier of Fédération des OSBL d’habitation de Montréal (FOHM ), say several planned social and affordable housing projects in the city have been put on hold because of lack of financing by the province.