The Rally of Housing Commissions and Tenants’ Associations of Quebec (RCLALQ) released a study Tuesday showing, according to the organization, a record number of forced evictions.
Members of RCLALQ member groups across Quebec compiled this data.
Between 2022 and 2023, the number of combined cases increased from 1,525 to 3,531, an increase of 132%.
The organization explains that this can only be the tip of the iceberg, as the vast majority of cases are never reported to housing committees.
“We are asking the Quebec government to amend the legislation to require all resumption, eviction and major work projects to obtain court authorization and be subject to mandatory monitoring during the following year,” the organization wrote in a press release.
No area of Quebec is immune
In Montreal, we notice the largest increase in the number of cases. An increase of 143%. Furthermore, the Housing Commission of Petit-Batre recorded the highest number of cases in the capital, i.e. 485 cases, followed by the Housing Commission of Plateau-Mont-Royal with 391 cases.
The Housing Commission of Montreal’s South Shore recorded 336 cases.
In Quebec, the number of forced evictions rose by 69%, according to RCLALQ.
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