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The shelter started as a warming centre back in 2020 and soon expanded to respond to the high demand in the area. It is now scrambling to find a new emergency location.
Dozens of people in Montreal's West Island are wondering where they'll be sleeping come Friday. Two months ago, the Ricochet shelter found out it has to move out of the building the organization is housing by the end of May.
"They waited until the last minute and once again Montreal demonstrated its inaction on the issue of homelessness," Pierrefonds-Roxboro city councilor and official opposition critic on homelessness Benoit Langevin told
Montreal's mayor and police chief visited the Village on Thursday, hoping to reassure residents and business owners concerned about security.
"We’re on the front lines, we’re the social safety net for the province right now, and we’ve been saying for years there’s a housing crisis.”