Access to housing and property is a major problem according to 84% of Quebecers, reveals a Mainstreet Research poll. The vast majority is also in favor of the idea of increasing the density of cities.
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This survey, obtained by our Parliamentary Office, should serve as the basis for the Housing Summit, organized by the cities of Laval and Longueuil.
Two days before the election call in Quebec, the mayors who are campaigning for increased assistance from the Quebec government to solve the housing crisis now have in their possession eloquent data.
“We were right. It confirms what we, as elected municipal officials, feel on the ground,” said the mayoress of Longueuil, Catherine Fournier.
It is for this reason that she had the idea, with her Laval counterpart, of uniting municipal forces and inviting their colleagues and experts to this summit, which begins today. “We have to think about solutions and draw inspiration from international best practices,” she says.
This is one of the issues of the hour which could quickly rebound on the caravans of political parties.
“The municipal world has been asking for more investment in social housing for a long time. We are asking for programs that are simpler, ”says the mayor of Laval, Stéphane Boyer.
Concerns
According to data from Mainstreet, the high cost of housing or property is the main problem of the crisis. Moreover, 84% of people believe that there is a crying lack of social housing.
“It is really time to take the magnitude of the crisis. To say; it is really time to react to meet the needs, to build housing, to build student housing, ”says the mayor of Quebec, Bruno Marchand.
The solutions put forward by the cities also seem to please those surveyed. No less than 71% are in favor of the densification of cities.