\u0022No one will find themselves on the streets for a fifth July 1 since I was premier.\u0022
“What’s important to understand is that one: there’s a lack of affordable housing; two, there is also a lack of housing in general for the middle class, housing for families among others, particularly in Montreal, but also in other regions.
He promised in passing to increase the sums devoted to housing, saying he was open to getting the government to invest in the rental market itself and to launch new programs. “Probably we will have to add money and we will add some,” he said. The private sector has tended to shy away from building rental housing in recent years and, with current interest rates, cannot afford to build to rent below market price. The construction of condominiums for immediate sale has much more appeal, for example. Legault knows this and suggested that he will have to take the builders by the hand by putting money into it. “We have to find a way to stimulate the construction sector so that there is more creation of residences.
Legault said he understands that this political approach did not give shelter to those who need it. “We don’t want there to be money that is dormant, that is available but not used because the projects are not ready to be built. We want to make sure that it gets built, that there are hammers and nails going in to be able to have housing.”Canadian Rental Housing Index
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