Mr. Speaker, indeed, it is not as though the solutions were not known. The problem is that this issue has gone unaddressed for years. There have been federal cuts since 1994 that have never been restored.
The affordable rental housing deficit is even more striking when we consider the development of social housing. In six towns in Quebec, the share of social housing built between 2000 and 2023 ranged from 2% in Trois‑Rivières to 5% in Saguenay. In Montreal, it represented just 2.8% of total housing built.
This absolutely needs to change. What we need is social housing.