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Pearl Eliadis on the CQPI's New Report to Prevent Homelessness in Quebec

Published: 3 July 2026

July 2, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis led the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's (CQPI) new report, which sets out 17 recommendations to prevent homelessness in Quebec, chief among them enshrining the right to housing in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. Drawing on research contributions from across ɬ﷬, the report responds to what Eliadis calls "increasingly alarming, even catastrophic" levels of homelessness, with the number of people affected rising 44% between 2018 and 2022. Eliadis points to Finland, where the right to housing is written into the constitution and homelessness has almost disappeared, as evidence that a legally grounded prevention approach can work.

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