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Housing activists are planning a noisy welcome for provincial politicians in Quebec City this weekend as they return from the National Assembly’s summer recess.
The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) says two major protests are planned over the weekend in front of the National Assembly, where the new legislative session opens Monday.
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On Saturday, the housing group said it expects more than 200 people to participate in an encampment a few hundred metres from the National Assembly to protest for the right to housing. On Sunday, the group says it expects hundreds from across the province, including Montreal, to join a march in front of the National Assembly.
“To enable tenants in different regions to sustainably emerge from the (housing) crisis and to meet the diversity of housing needs, FRAPRU is asking the Quebec government to set a clear target for new social and community housing to be built,” FRAPRU said in a press release.
“For FRAPRU, like many others, the share occupied by social and community housing on the rental market must double within 15 years.”
The group said numerous organizations, including trade unions, community-development groups and women’s groups have endorsed the protests.
Among its demands on Premier François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec government, FRAPRU said it wants the province to adjust its new Quebec Housing Strategy to include a multi-year development objective and provide funding “for at least one adequate social housing program.”
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