🇨🇦🍁💵 Modular Units for People Experiencing Homelessness in Québec 🏠💵

Saturday, 16 August 2025 04:33.PM

The governments of Canada and Quebec, the City of Québec and Socialim officially opened six transitional housing spaces for people experiencing homelessness or residential instability in the D'Estimauville sector of Québec. This prefabricated modular housing will welcome its first occupants this coming September. The project represents an investment of $1.7 million.

The event was attended by the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Member of Parliament for Québec Centre; Lionel Carmant, Quebec Minister Responsible for Social Services and Member of the National Assembly for Taillon; Jean-François Simard, Member of the National Assembly for Montmorency, on behalf of France-Élaine Duranceau, Quebec Minister Responsible for Housing; Marie-Pierre Boucher, Member of the Executive Committee of the City of Québec responsible for homelessness and housing; and many community partners.

Additionally, services provided by the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale's housing stability team will help occupants reintegrate into the community and help them achieve housing stability. The CIUSSS will work in collaboration with two community organizations, Le Gîte Jeunesse and Le GRAPE.

• Le Gîte Jeunesse will provide psychosocial support to the units' occupants, jointly with the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale's housing stability team. Hiring a social worker and support for clinical coordination will ensure a regular presence on site to provide individualized support for occupants and the co-facilitation of common spaces with partners.
• Le GRAPE will offer a personalized roadmap for occupants that includes their voluntary trust and budget support services, as well as a monthly group workshop on managing personal finances.

Finally, the non-profit organization Socialim will entrust building management and maintenance to the Office municipal d'habitation de Québec (OMHQ).

"The new federal government is determined to support the provinces and municipalities in finding local solutions to housing challenges. This project will provide a rapid response to the urgent housing needs of the most vulnerable people in Québec."
- The Honourable Gregor Robertson, Minister of Housing and Infrastructure and Minister responsible for Pacific Economic Development Canada

Highlights:

• In all, the project includes four transitional housing modules (three with two bachelor apartments each, and one with common spaces and spaces reserved for project partners). These modules will be installed on the lot adjacent to the Parc-O-Bus D'Estimauville parking lot.
• Funding package for the project:
• Total investment of more than $1.5 million from the Government of Quebec.
o $825,607 from the Société d'habitation du Québec, stemming from the Canada-Quebec Agreement under the Housing Accelerator Fund (HAF).
o Nearly $700,000 from the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale.
• More than $200,000 from the City of Québec. This assistance includes making land available free of charge and reimbursing the costs related to site development and the connection of municipal infrastructure.
• Source of funding:
• $992 million from the federal government's HAF allocated to Quebec and from the new matching investments announced by Quebec in its 2023 and 2024 economic updates.
• Launched in March 2023, the Housing Accelerator Fund is a $4-billion Government of Canada initiative to which $400 million was added in the 2024 budget. It aims to accelerate the construction of 112,000 housing units across the country.
• The length of stay in the transitional housing modules will be from 30 to 60 days, and the goal is to support 25 people annually.
• The partners will ensure ongoing monitoring of the project's implementation in the community and its impact on improving the housing stability of occupants.

SOURCE: Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)