Currently, 77 Montreal households have still not found housing for the 1er July, according to Mayor Valérie Plante. A dozen of them are housed by the City while negotiations between the federal and provincial governments prevent the marketing of thousands of social housing units.
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“We have supported 400 households since January,” said M.me Plant on the sidelines of a press briefing inaugurating the new Philips Square in the city center on Monday morning. The City has invested $4.3 million in emergency accommodation services this year, she added.
Radio-Canada revealed earlier Monday that the construction and renovation of nearly 6,000 social housing units was in danger in Montreal due to a disagreement between the provincial and federal governments. In a letter sent at the end of May to the President of the Conseil du trésor du Québec, Sonia LeBel, Ms.me Plante denounced the delays in these ongoing discussions since 2018.
The mayor reiterated her grievances on Monday. “There is a housing crisis. 1er July is difficult. To know that there are nearly 6,000 units that are being held hostage, which are not available to citizens, is unacceptable,” she insisted, stressing that there were undoubtedly more housing affected elsewhere in Quebec.
“We’ve been saying to the federal and provincial governments for four years that we have to find a solution,” said Ms.me Plant, visibly overwhelmed. “I don’t care at all, it’s whose fault, I want them both to sit in a room and then not leave until they find a solution . »
The governments of Quebec and Canada had not responded to requests for The Press at the time of publishing this text.