Following the dismantling of more than 4,000 illegal camps in 2024, the itinerant population is forced to “adapt”.
“It’s a shame, it’s sad. The homeless community is adapting and spreading almost everywhere on private property, under the Jacques Cartier Bridge and on land owned by federal or provincial authorities, making it increasingly difficult to find and help them,” said Luc Desjardins, general director of the community group L’Itinéraire.
According to the expert, shelter overcrowding, lack of housing, the post-pandemic impact and immigration are the main reasons why people remain in a situation of homelessness.
“It was predictable,” believes Mr. Desjardins, adding that demand is growing faster than supply.
He believes building tiny houses could be a solution to Quebec’s homelessness crisis.
“There are groups in Canada. We found solutions in Medicine Hat, Alberta, and in Fredericton there is a small community with tiny houses and it works very well,” he says.
“It needs leadership, it needs everyone’s cooperation and it also needs money” and “it’s always a war” between the different government agencies, says the CEO of L’Itinéraire.
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