Benoit Dorais News Today

Less than two weeks after Montreals first safe drug use site opened in the St-Henri neighbourhood, some neighbours say cohabitation has quickly become a concern.

Residents say a new supervised-injection site in Montreal's Saint-Henri neighbourhood is making the area unsafe. Officials say efforts are underway to deal with concerns.

The city of Montreal says it wants to crack down on the housing crisis with measures intended to slow rent increases and hold landlords accountable for lack of maintenance. 

The City of Montreal is promising to carry out more inspections of rental housing units to identify unsafe and unsanitary conditions in residential buildings under a new Responsible Landlord program.

Media are invited to join Anna Gainey, Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount, France-Élaine Duranceau, Minister of Housing for the Government of Québec, Lionel Carmant, Minister of Social Services for the Government of Québec, Benoit Dorais, Executive committee vice-chair for the City of Montreal and borough mayor for Sud-Ouest, and other local dignitaries for an important housing announcement in Montréal.

Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough council is putting pressure on Quebec to open a CLSC in one of the city’s fastest growing neighbourhoods.

The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation is reporting the average rent in the city has reached record levels and housing advocates fear things might be getting worse.

Lease renewal season is upon us, and municipal officials want tenants to know their rights.

Steven Guilbeault defends the citys record Friday after Tory leader criticized the Plante administration.

The city will be launching a development of the l'Îlot Voyageur Sud site for social and affordable housing in Montreal.