Housing Is a Human Right!

Quebeckers Rally to Demand Social Housing Now

In the face of the worsening housing crisis in Quebec, as across the country, the People's Action Front on Urban Renewal (FRAPRU) has been touring communities throughout Quebec and holding actions in front of the offices of members of the Quebec national assembly. Accompanying the tour is a float which represents the housing needs and the social housing projects carried out by the different communities along the route.

They are demanding the Quebec government take up its obligations to implement and protect the right to housing by financing the construction of 50,000 units of social housing over the next five years, starting with 10,000 units in 2023-24. They have also called for improved emergency measures for homeless households.

Vigorous actions took place in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Montreal, La Rive-Sud, Bas-Saint-Laurent, Estrie, Outaouais, Lanaudière,Trois-Rivières, Mauricie, Assumption, Quebec City and many other places. The tour, which started in November 2022, concludes February 16 with a rally in front of the Quebec National Assembly. Everyone is encouraged to join in.

FRAPRU points out that social housing is a sustainable response to the current housing crisis but due to a lack of investment by the Quebec government, barely 5,000 units of social housing, in the form of public housing, cooperatives and seniors residences, have been built in the last four years. This is the least units per annum constructed since 1997.

(Photos: FRAPRU)

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This article was published in

Number 3 - February 15, 2023

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