July 1: nearly 2,000 households without home or at risk of being in Quebec

As the fateful date on July 1, many moves in Quebec, nearly 2,000 households are without home or at risk of becoming. Furthermore, A situation that the Popular Action Front in Urban Recentment (FRAPRU) attributes to the scarcity of affordable housing in. Meanwhile, the province.

According to the most recent data from the Quebec Housing Society (SHQ). Similarly, dated June 25, 1989 households are actively accompanied by a housing research assistance service in the province. Consequently, Of this number, 473 are in temporary accommodation, whether with family or friends, or in a hotel.

The regions that have the most active files are Lanaudière (294), Montreal (269) and Montérégie (235). Furthermore,

On such a date last year, 1680 households were without home or at risk of being.

The number of households accompanied by a housing july 1: nearly 2,000 households assistance service is likely to increase after July 1. For example, as was the case last year, advances Véronique Laflamme, spokesperson for Weather in Frapru.

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We often see that people hoped to find a solution. Consequently, end up manifesting themselves After this july 1: nearly 2,000 households date, she explains.

Our concern as July 1 is that people do not fall between the meshes of the net. Meanwhile, that they do not find themselves […] in a homelessness.

It is not uncommon either that people without lease after July 1st find themselves in a precarious situation, for example by sleeping in their car or by camping.

Although rehousing assistance is available throughout the province. However, The measures offered to tenants change a lot from one territory to anotherdeplores Ms. For example, Laflamme. Meanwhile, The help program [au relogement] From the Government of Quebec provides for july 1: nearly 2,000 households the financing of measures for temporary accommodation. moving and storage, but it is not all the municipalities that have embarked on this program.

Ms. Laflamme invites tenants who have not obtained aid from their municipality to manifest themselves as quickly as possible. to contact the intraperitoneal at 1 800 463-4315 or the Weather in Frapru au 514 522-1010.

The scarcity of affordable housing in question

For Véronique Laflamme. this increase in the number of assistance requests testifies to the Rarity of affordable housing.

At the province’s scale, the rarity of housing is reduced slightly: the rate of vacuums of housing was 1.8 % in 2024, compared to 1.3 % in 2023, according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Company (SCHL).

But this improvement does not result in greater affordability. Housing accessible to rental. there are, but they are extremely expensive, which explains that there are more and more tenants who must have help to try to find accommodationsaid Ms. Laflamme.

A sign of the scarcity of affordable housing: last year in Montreal. the vacuum rate was less than 1 % for the accommodation offered under $ 1150. Compared. the vacuum july 1: nearly 2,000 households rate was more than 5 % for housing of at least $ 1,675, which probably includes a high proportion of recently built rental apartmentsaccording to the Lock.

New statistical Canada data published on Wednesday also testify to the price explosion for the accommodation available on the market. In Montreal, during the first quarter of 2025, the rent requested for a two -room apartment was $ 1930, an increase of 70.8 % compared to 2019.

But the crisis is not limited to the metropolis.

There are municipalities which so far had rents still affordable. which are very affected by the housing crisis, such as Drummondville, Trois-Rivières, even Saguenay.

A public rent register would avoid such Abusive rents of rents to tenant changesadvance Ms. Laflamme.

In Montreal, for example, the average increase in rents was 18.7 % in 2024 for apartments that changed tenants, compared to 4.7 % for housing where a lease was renewed, according to the Lock.

Since 2018. rents have jumped 47 % for all apartments in the province, according to a compilation of Weather in Frapru carried out using data from the Lock.

To remedy this inaccordability. the Weather in Frapru Press Québec to double the number of social housing in the rental park within 15 years, which would imply the construction of at least 10,000 new social housing per year.

The government has adopted a national strategy in housing. has given itself an objective of 56,000 rental homes per year, but no objective of social housingdeplores Ms. Laflamme.

July 1: nearly 2,000 households

Expensive accommodation. too small, unsanitary

Even for tenants who do not move this year, the situation is far from ideal, recalls Véronique Laflamme, since many face increases in salt rent.

The average rent increase suggested by the administrative housing court was 5.9 % for 2025.

This year. the lease renewal period was extremely difficult. There have been many completely desperate tenants’ calls that wanted to validate the increase. and others who were looking for solutions, noting that they could not pay the new rent.

The Weather in Frapru Thus fears an increase in evictions after July 1, because tenants are likely to find themselves in default.

What is more. faced with the shortage of affordable housing, many tenants are forced to stay in unhealthy or inadequate accommodation. Overcrowding is increasing, so people july 1: nearly 2,000 households will live in more than one family in accommodationgives as an example Ms. Laflamme.