Native centre in Montreal holds workshop to find out what the housing needs are in the city – APTN
February 14, 2017
Native Montréal, a friendship centre in the city is working on making housing more accessible by gathering information on the various needs of the people they serve as they prepare to pitch an Indigenous housing project to city hall.
Indigenous people living in Montreal have been finding it difficult to find adequate housing. Montreal is Canada’s second most populous city with close to two million inhabitants. But compared to other big cities
like Vancouver and Toronto, the vacancy rate is high.
But for some people like Shirley De Wind, a nine year resident of Montreal, finding a place to rent is not easy.
She feels it’s because of the way she looks.
