Chez Doris women’s shelter opens rooming home in downtown Montreal
Posted June 27, 2023 12:23 pm.
Last Updated June 27, 2023 6:25 pm.
A shelter for Montreal women living in homelessness opened a new rooming house downtown.
Chez Doris, which also provides health and social resources, inaugurated the Bash Shetty Residence on Saint-André Street Tuesday.
“We’re doing our best to step up to the plate and remove vulnerable women from the streets,” said Marina Boulos-Winton, the Executive Director at Chez Doris.
The home has 20 bedrooms for vulnerable women experiencing or at risk of homelessness, who can stay in the space for a minimum of three months.
Frederique Potvin is the team lead at Bash Shetty Residence. She will be supporting the women living at the residence.
“We really just want to make a space where the women feel safe, and they can rebuild their life,” said Potvin.
The federal government gave nearly $5 million to the project. The City of Montreal also provided funding, and the Quebec government will allocate a rent supplement “so that future residents will spend no more than 25 per cent of their income on housing.”
In addition to the newly inaugurated Shetty Residence, Chez Doris runs a day shelter and a night shelter, and a social and medical services centre. The organization is planning to open a residential building owned by the Société d’habitation in September, and a transitional residence on St-Hubert Street in 2025.
“The aim of these initiatives is to stabilize women at risk of homelessness, while promoting their social reintegration,” Chez Doris said in a news release.
Bash Shetty Residence will officially open on July 2nd.
