(Quebec) The Minister of Housing, France-Élaine Duranceau, will finally table her own bill to better protect seniors from evictions, after her government called for that of Québec solidaire (QS) a few months ago .
The legislative document, whose wording is “Law limiting the right of eviction of landlords and strengthening the protection of elderly tenants”, will be tabled at the Salon bleu on Wednesday.
Remember that the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government had agreed to call the solidarity bill aimed at expanding the “Françoise David law” in order to better protect seniors from evictions. The debate on the principle of the legislative piece took place last March, but it ended without there being a vote.
The “Françoise David law”, which was adopted in 2016, stipulates that a senior over 70 with a very low income, who has lived in their home for more than ten years, cannot be evicted. The objective of the solidarity bill was to broaden the criteria to include in particular people aged 65 and over who have lived in their home for at least five years.
A source close to the matter indicates that Minister Duranceau will partially comply with QS’s requests with her bill.
In April, after showing little enthusiasm towards the solidarity legislative piece, the Prime Minister, François Legault, finally said he was open to looking at how to “better protect seniors from the impacts of the housing crisis”.
QS has always said it is ready to negotiate with the government to make gains for senior tenants. The left party met with Minister Duranceau several times to discuss the issue.