Nearly 200 households in need of shelter after moving day in Quebec
By The Canadian Press on July 1, 2023.
Quebec’s housing agency says almost 200 households have been forced to find temporary shelter after being unable to find a new place to live on the province’s annual moving day. The Société d’habitation du Québec says it is aware of 178 households that have been forced to stay with friends or family — or who are being housed in hotels. Véronique Laflamme, a spokeswoman for a Quebec tenants group, says as of Friday it was aware of 680 tenant households that had asked for help after being unable to sign a new lease. She says that number likely underestimates the real situation as many households haven’t asked for help. Quebec Premier François Legault and Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante encouraged residents to contact authorities if they were unable to find a place to live. The vast majority of residential leases in Quebec end on June 30, a vestige of a colonial-period law indented to protect tenant farmers from evictions during the winter. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 1, 2023. — This story was produced with the financial assistance of the Meta and Canadian Press News Fellowshi 10-9
