> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.onthetrail.info/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # What Is Left for Renters in Quebec After 8 Years of the CAQ? - URL: https://www.onthetrail.info/latest/what-is-left-for-renters-in-quebec-after-8-years-of-the-caq/ - Published: 2026-09-18T13:17:43.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-18T13:17:43.000Z - Description: And what are parties offering to do about the housing crisis? On the Trail X The Vagabond - Author: Isaac Peltz - Tags: News & More The Rover, our exceptional partners, have soft launched a new, Quebec City newsletter, and will be turning it into a whole separate website soon. After more than half a decade of exceptional work, mentoring dozens of reporters in Montreal (including myself) and working to be one of the most legitimate, and well respected institutions in Quebec, they have launched a newsletter and articles in the national capital region. (for you anglophones and non-Quebecois, we refer to Quebec city as the national capital.) The Rover is working with journalist and author, Nora Loreto, as well as former municipal politician, Jackie Smith, to build something special in La Capitale Nationale. Like us, they believe in the mission of local journalism and we are happy to be working with them. I am honoured that they asked me to write the first articles for their launch, with at least three more coming out in the next month. This is an excerpt, [the full piece is available for free for all readers here.](https://therover.ca/what-is-left-for-renters-in-quebec-after-8-years-of-the-caq/?ref=onthetrail.info) I strongly recommend you subscribe to The Rover and the Vagabond, since these are the real game changers. The work they do is essential, and the experience they have is incomparable. If you like my work, you'll like theirs more. With that said, here is an excerpt from the article. [CLICK THIS BUTTON TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE ROVER & THE VAGABOND](https://therover.ca/support-us/?ref=onthetrail.info) --- July 1: moving day in Quebec City. This year, a record number of people were left with no apartment. To mark the grim milestone, about 400 people marched from the Tribunal administratif du logement(TAL) on boulevard René-Lévesque to the l’îlot Saint-Vincent-de-Paulin the Saint-Jean-Baptiste neighbourhood to demand rent control, socialized housing, and adding the right to housing to Quebec’s Charter of rights and freedoms — something that already exists in Canadian law. The îlot is a parking lot that groups like Coalition contre le logement cher (COLOC), have been lobbying to transform into social housing for decades. At the îlot*,* whilevolunteers prepared lunch for the protesters, several police cars pulled up. The protesters thought they were about to get kicked out, since they were in a public space. Instead, the police approached a nearby homeless encampment. City workers were on hand to help kick out the people living there. The employees then rode the bicycles left behind by the former residents. They cracked jokes as they threw clothing in containers, dismantling tents without care. Within 30 minutes, the police, the city workers, and the encampment were gone. "I was told by some groups that work with the homeless that this is a daily occurrence," said Félix Marois, community organizer at tenant advocacy group le BAIL. “Police come at 6 a.m. every morning and tell people they have 15 minutes to pick up their stuff,” Marois said. The police, he said, are systematically dismantling encampments. On Sept. 8, Quebec City mayor Bruno Marchand called for every party in Quebec’s election to commit to eliminating homelessness. “I only hope for one thing: a firm and unequivocal commitment to get Quebec moving towards zero homelessness. Quickly. We must stop thinking about how to manage the crisis. We must act to get out of it,” he wrote. Marchand’s administration is in charge of how city officials deal with unhoused people and encampments. The homelessness population in the Capitale Nationale region [surged by 36 per cent between 2018 and 2022](https://qcna.qc.ca/homelessness-on-the-rise-amid-housing-crisis-public-health-officials-say/?ref=onthetrail.info), when a survey found 927 “visibly homeless” people living in the Quebec City area. Public health officials estimate it has [increased by another 16 per cent since then](https://qcna.qc.ca/homelessness-on-the-rise-amid-housing-crisis-public-health-officials-say/?ref=onthetrail.info). [Across Quebec, there are more than 12,000 people experiencing homelessness](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-homelessness-rising-regions-montreal-9.7159319?ref=onthetrail.info). Where before there were no homeless people, now there are many. Encampments have popped up in quite a few locations, and the police tear them down daily, Marois said. The main cause of homelessness? Unaffordable rent. [READ THE FULL PIECE HERE](https://therover.ca/what-is-left-for-renters-in-quebec-after-8-years-of-the-caq/?ref=onthetrail.info) [SUBSCRIBE TO THE ROVER PAID OR FREE](https://therover.ca/support-us/?ref=onthetrail.info)