The problems of symbiosis between childhood and homelessness in Montreal’s central neighborhoods are “real,” Valerie Plante said Thursday.
“We don’t want to deny how it can be stressful or create insecurity. It’s real,” he said with an announcement about housing. “Resources are good, we need resources. But people move in and out of resources, so public space is also important in management and planning. »
Mme Plante was questioned about tensions surrounding Maison Benoit-Labre in the southwest. A nearby primary school has tallied 28 “disruptive incidents” since the day center and supervised consumption site opened in mid-April.
Pres A city center CPE on Wednesday called for police to patrol its neighborhood, fearing an incident with vulnerable people.
“It’s never preference. We like small, medium and large [enfants] Move around the city freely and feel safe. I think it clearly illustrates the real problems of coexistence,” Montreal’s mayor began. “Montrealers need to feel safe. There is no question that the city of Montreal is becoming an open-air hospital, an open-air injection center or an open-air apartment complex. We need solutions, we need housing.”
Yesterday, Social Services Minister Lionel Garmant confirmed that the landing of Maison Benoit-Labre “should have been better prepared, better executed”. “I have said many times, symbiosis has to work upstream,” he added.
Benoit Dorais, the elected official in charge of housing in the Plante administration, argued Thursday that the project has been in the works for five years, including Mr. Includes the Ministry of Public Health of Garment and Montreal. “A lot of things have been done,” said Mr. Doris said. “We are going to work so that the people around us have a meaningful living environment. We are in a transition. »
