Etiket: Homelessness
The dismantling of camps, a legal practice in homelessness?
From Granby to Sherbrooke, via Saint-Jérôme or Chicoutimi, the glaring lack of affordable housing and the notable growth in the number of people experiencing poverty and homelessness are leading to…
Homelessness in Montreal | New places for roaming this winter, says Lionel Carmant
(Montreal) A total of 188 new accommodation spaces for people experiencing homelessness and funding to expand the services of certain shelters: Montreal obtains a total of $9.7 million from Quebec…
Homelessness in Montreal | More than 9.6 million to increase the supply of emergency shelters
(Montreal) As the cold weather of the winter season approaches, Quebec grants more than 9.6 million to the Integrated University Health and Social Services Center (CIUSSS) of South-Central Montreal Island…
The repression of homelessness in New France: corporal punishment and humiliation in the public square
Historically, at the time of New France, indigent people who did not have a home were called vagabonds. From the first years of French colonization in America, we noticed the…
Towards a homelessness strategy for the greater Montreal region
In the coming months, the Montreal Metropolitan Community (CMM) will draft a homelessness strategy for all of the 82 municipalities it represents, in response to the rapid increase in the…
Thousands of camps dismantled across the country in the face of growing homelessness
More than 4,200 homeless encampments have been dismantled in the country’s five largest cities since the start of the year, data compiled by The duty. From Edmonton to Toronto and…
Indigenous homelessness | A shelter will move to Sherbrooke Street
A shelter for homeless Indigenous people has just purchased two buildings on Sherbrooke Street and is expected to move there at the end of 2027. Posted at 2:04 p.m. Quebec…
When the State disappears, what can citizens do about homelessness?
In 25 years, public authorities have invested more than $500 million in the rehabilitation of the Saint-Roch district in Quebec: the Jean-Paul L’Allier garden, the head office of the University…
Marcel Saint-Laurent, disastrous symbol of the homelessness crisis
The sad fate of the man whose body was discovered on September 8 among the waste from the Quebec incinerator has become one of the dire symbols of the homelessness…
In the wake of the explosion of homelessness, tackling the problem at the roots
The 10,000 homeless people recorded in the fall of 2022 embody in their plural singularities the severity of the “perfect storm” which will have escaped no one, not even Prime…
Homelessness Summit | Mayors turn to the Minister of Finance
(Quebec) Dissatisfied with the measures announced by Minister Lionel Carmant, the mayors are relying on his Finance colleague, Eric Girard, to release significant funds and tackle the homelessness crisis. They…
Homelessness Summit | Emergency aid is “a bandage”, admits Carmant
(Quebec) Minister Lionel Carmant shares the opinion of municipal elected officials: the emergency aid of 15.5 million announced Thursday by Quebec is “a bandage” on the homelessness crisis. Mayors will…
Municipal Summit on Homelessness | Quebec awaited firmly
Quebec is facing a “perfect storm” with the explosion of homelessness and the housing crisis, says Prime Minister François Legault, while a major municipal summit on the issue is being…
Homelessness and housing, learning from the Finnish model
The issue of access to housing and homelessness has been in the news for several months. With the latest count of people experiencing homelessness, which shows an increase in several…
Fighting homelessness requires more ambition from Quebec and Ottawa
The Union of Quebec Municipalities summit on homelessness takes place at a time when the needs have never seemed so dire. The number of people on the streets has jumped…
Outaouais hit by a “homelessness crisis”
Outaouais expected a count of people experiencing homelessness which would “make waves”, but not on such a large scale. The region has seen the largest increase in homelessness in Quebec…
Fight against homelessness | Vastly insufficient funding, according to Mayor Plante
The 15.5 million in emergency funding announced Thursday morning by the minister responsible for Social Services, Lionel Carmant, is largely insufficient to combat the homelessness crisis, denounces the mayor of…
Christin | A real estate project to combat homelessness
Towards the end of fall, more than a hundred people experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless will find permanent shelter in a new building in downtown Montreal. The…
Homelessness and housing | Legault is considering backing down on the lease transfer
(Quebec) Quebec is facing a “perfect storm” with the explosion of homelessness and the housing crisis, says François Legault, who plans to back down on the lease transfer. Minister Lionel…
Homelessness has jumped 44% in five years in Quebec
Homelessness has grown significantly in Quebec. Ten thousand people were in a situation of visible homelessness on the night of October 11, 2022, according to data from the latest count…