Moving Day, Québec Leaves A Few Without Leases: Disaster Or Triumph?

A couple of weeks ago the Québec government stuck its neck out and resolved to shepherd that province’s preponderance of rental lease renewals on July 1st every year. They announced a series of measures to be taken with the goal of leaving no family without a rental home. Try: Federated To Death? When It Comes To Housing, I Pick Québec

After the big day, housing activists are pointing out that the province fell short by upwards of 250 households, who found shelter but no leases.

Without suggesting for a moment that every family in Quebec was looking for a lease renewal on July 1, contrasting these unsettled households with the 1.36 million households who rent in Québec¹, some of the government’s efforts would appear to be successful.

For more on the results of this 2020 moving day, together with activist concerns about the telling signs of increasing problems to come, read more at the CBC: Hundreds of Quebec families still don’t have a lease after moving day

1. For more details from the 2016 census: Census Profile, 2016 Census Quebec