Tenant rallies planned for Wednesday across Quebec against rising housing costs
The Coalition Against High Housing Costs is organizing demonstrations at Assomption metro in Montreal and outside the Administrative Housing Tribunal in Quebec City.
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Tenant advocacy groups will hold rallies on Wednesday, July 1, in both Montreal and Quebec City to protest high housing costs.
The Coalition Against High Housing Costs (COLOC), supported by the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) and the Regroupement des comités logements et associations de locataires (RCLALQ), is inviting tenants and housing-rights supporters to demonstrate. Organizers are asking participants to wear a key pinned to their shirt, hat, or bag as a symbol.
Two "protest rallies" are scheduled for 11 a.m.: one in Montreal at the corner of Assomption Boulevard and Marseille Street, near the Assomption metro station, and another in Quebec City in front of the Administrative Housing Tribunal on René-Lévesque Boulevard. The message the groups want to send is clear: "housing is a right, not an opportunity for profit."
