1650 new affordable housing units need to be built in Montreal
Posted July 18, 2026 3:21 pm.
Last Updated July 18, 2026 3:22 pm.
Quebec’s Minister of Housing, Karine Boivin Roy, announced Saturday that construction of 1,650 new affordable housing units could begin in Montreal within the next year.
These homes are part of eight projects selected under the Quebec Affordable Housing Program. They are currently being reviewed by Canada Homes, at the federal level, for funding.
Among them is a project on the site of the former Molson factory, which aims to create 374 homes, as well as a project in the Namur-Hippodrome district, in order to build 477 homes.
Minister Boivin Roy made this announcement at the Palais des congrès, alongside representatives from the City of Montreal and the federal government.
Caroline Desrochers, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Canada, announced at the same press conference that three housing projects are being funded under the first phase of the agreement between Canada Homes and the Société d’habitation du Québec (Quebec Housing Corporation), an agreement announced last April. These three projects will allow for the construction of 109 units.
Of these three projects, two can begin construction immediately, Boivin Roy indicated. These are the Réseau habitation femmes Montréal (Montreal Women’s Housing Network), which will continue the Éthel project in Verdun, creating 20 housing units for people experiencing homelessness or at risk of becoming homeless; and the project by the Société John Howard du Québec (John Howard Society of Quebec) on Notre-Dame Street East, which aims to create 18 affordable housing units.
Finally, the third project approved by the federal government, the Ricochet project, aims to create emergency accommodation in Pierrefonds.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
