Etiket: Homelessness
The number of people experiencing homelessness reaches 10,000 in Quebec
The number of homeless people in Quebec increased by 44% compared to 2018, according to a report from the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) commissioned by the…
Homelessness Report | At least 10,000 homeless 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…
Plateau Mont-Royal | Inauguration of a rooming house to counter the risks of homelessness
Twenty-eight people with mental health issues will now have a home in a newly opened rooming house on Rachel Street in Plateau Mont-Royal. Posted at 6:12 p.m. “We are addressing…
Homelessness in Gatineau | The art of ignoring the real issues
This letter is addressed to the Minister of Health and Social Services Lionel Carmant. Posted at 1:26 a.m. Updated at 10:00 a.m. Caroline Leblanc, T. s, M.Serv.soc. The author works…
Preventing homelessness among young people affected by the housing crisis
The housing crisis hits hard at young people in difficulty living without a social safety net or family support. Carrying a heavy past in their luggage, flirting with homelessness, they…
Opinion – Let’s prevent homelessness among our seniors!
Our seniors have been hard hit for three years, by a devastating pandemic, stifling inflation and a relentless housing crisis. The most vulnerable try as best they can to cling…
Why so much homelessness in Quebec? | The Press
In parks, under bridges, on the street or in shelters, it seems that homelessness is exploding everywhere in Quebec. The Press spoke to four researchers to try to understand the…
Female homelessness | “I had to get out of here”
Monday, The Press reported that more and more women struggling with the housing crisis are aging on the streets of the metropolis. The organizations that help them also face new…
Homelessness: 54-year-old man gets second chance with affordable rent
Finding stability, feeling safe, thinking about your future, regaining confidence: having a roof over your head gives life back to homeless people. The newspaper met three formerly homeless people who…
A roof and a second chance: Affordable housing changes the life of a man at risk of homelessness
Finding stability, feeling safe, thinking about your future, regaining confidence: having a roof over your head gives life back to homeless people. The newspaper met three formerly homeless people who…
Roxham Road | Ottawa feared a health crisis and a wave of homelessness
(Ottawa) Summer 2022. Six months after the reopening of Roxham Road, in the midst of a pandemic, the federal Department of Immigration feared a crisis on two fronts: a health…
The Old Brewery Mission is trying to prevent homelessness at the source
The Old Brewery Mission, which manages several emergency shelters in the metropolis, gave itself a new mandate a year and a half ago: prevent homelessness at the source. The organization…
Still a lot to do for Indigenous homelessness in Milton-Parc
One year after the publication of a very critical report on the City of Montreal’s management of the issue of Aboriginal homelessness in the Milton-Parc district, the city’s ombudsman, Mr.e…
Homelessness in the suburbs of Quebec is a concern
Consultations on the fight against homelessness in Quebec have lifted the veil on the increase in needs in Beauport, far from the Saint-Roch district which is traditionally associated with the…
Preventing Homelessness… for Real | The Press
The reaction to homelessness often translates into temporary emergency measures, such as the addition of beds in accommodation, transportation services or drop-in centers when severe cold weather is announced. Updated…
Homelessness at the heart of our municipalities
We have just returned from the Conference of the Union of Municipalities of Quebec (UMQ) where social distress was invited in the central themes, in the same way as climate…
[Opinion] Homelessness is also a matter of housing and prevention
We are currently witnessing a perfect storm leading to growing homelessness across Quebec: housing crisis, inflation, increase in distress and violence, all combined with the arrival of many asylum seekers…
Cities are calling for a national project to end homelessness
Quebec cities are calling for a national initiative to end homelessness, an issue that is getting worse in both small and large municipalities. Thursday, a dozen elected officials took the…
Homelessness seen by children
Faced with new local tensions related to homelessness, an organization in the Saint-Roch district held a first workshop for children on the issue this weekend. An experience aimed less at…
[Série] A night in the heart of homelessness in Quebec
Contrary to what many feared, no homeless person died of cold this winter in Quebec. Heat stops or overflow sites for shelters, last minute solutions had to be put in…