I quite agree with you.
In your report, you talked a lot about housing being a right. You're right.
You also talked about encampments. I did a tour of Quebec from one end to the other. There are encampments in large cities such as Montreal, Quebec City, Saint-Jérôme and Rouyn, but they are now appearing in small rural areas, particularly in the Lower St. Lawrence and Lac-Saint-Jean. There are even tent parks in small villages in the Laurentians, where we did not see that before. What measures do you think should be put in place?
There are two trends in homelessness. On the one hand, we can continue to fund emergency housing. On the other hand, we can invest a lot of money in social housing.
There are currently far too many people in intermediate homelessness resources. There are emergency resources, but there are also intermediate resources where people can live for one to two months, the time it takes to start a social or professional reintegration. In the past, this reintegration process could lead people to social housing. But there is no more social housing. Intermediate resources have become overwhelmed.
Should funding for emergency and intermediate housing be prioritized, or should investments be focused in social housing so that people can lead a normal life, in a home?