The City of Longueuil said it has purchased a complex of rooming house buildings serving over 100 vulnerable residents.
In a press release Tuesday, the City said it bought Chez Lise, one of the largest rooming houses in the area, as part of its efforts to prevent homelessness.
Chez Lise is a seven-building rooming house offering 126 affordable housing rooms and apartments, food assistance and other services.
The rooming house had been re-listed for sale for several months after Longueuil had used its right of first refusal to prevent the buildings from being sold in April 2025.
“The City is therefore using an exceptional measure to protect this resource for the long term and prevent the loss of an asset that is essential to the community, in close collaboration with its partners,” the City said in a press release.
“In the midst of a housing crisis and with homelessness rising at an alarming rate, we cannot afford to lose even a single room at a last-resort shelter like Chez Lise,” said Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier.
The City said it will develop a management and occupancy plan for the buildings over the coming weeks.
