Tenant advocacy groups will hold rallies on Wednesday, July 1, in Quebec City and Montreal, “against high housing costs.”
The coalition against high housing costs, known by its French acronym COLOC, is supported by two well-known tenant advocacy groups: the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) and the Regroupement des comités logements et associations de locataires (RCLALQ).
The coalition is inviting tenants and those who support the cause of the right to housing to come out and demonstrate, wearing a key pinned to their shirt, hat, or bag.
Two “protest rallies” are scheduled for 11 a.m. in Quebec City, in front of the Administrative Housing Tribunal on René-Lévesque Boulevard, and at 11 a.m. in Montreal, at the corner of Assomption Boulevard and Marseille Street, near the Assomption metro station.
The organizers say they want to send the message that “housing is a right, not an opportunity for profit.”
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
