MEDIA ADVISORY - Moving Day: Simultaneous rallies in Montréal and Québec City against unaffordable housing

MONTREAL, June 29, 2026 /CNW/ - On July 1st, also known as the "Moving Day", in the midst of an affordability crisis, the Coalition contre le logement cher (COLOC) will hold simultaneous demonstrations in Montréal and Québec City. Gathered at social housing sites and outside the offices of the Tribunal administratif du logement, tenants will call on parties aspiring to form the next government to commit to implementing real rent control, developing social housing on a scale that meets actual needs, and recognizing the right to housing in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Since the last election in 2022, average rents have jumped by nearly 30%. Rather than addressing the root causes of the crisis, the government is now actively contributing to it.

In brief

WHAT: Simultaneous demonstrations and symbolic actions. Speeches.

WHEN : Wednesday, July 1ST, 2026, starting at 11 a.m.

WHERE :

• Montréal : Departing at the corner of Boulevard de l'Assomption and Rue de Marseille (L'Assomption metro station), a future social housing site, and heads toward the Tribunal administratif du logement on Sherbrooke Street.
• Quebec City : In front of the Tribunal administratif du logement (TAL),
  900 René-Lévesque Boulevard East, heading toward a future social housing site.

About the Coalition contre le logement cher
Launched in April 2026 at the initiative of FRAPRU and RCLALQ, the Coalition contre le logement cher brings together 121 member groups, including 28 national organizations, from the housing, labor, community, feminist, and student sectors. It is calling on the Quebec government to implement structural measures to guarantee the right to housing: effective rent control, the large-scale development of public housing, and the recognition of the right to housing in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.

Spokespersons in Montreal

• Véronique Laflamme, spokesperson, Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU)
• Francis Dolan, spokesperson, Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ)
• Laurence Guénette, coordinator and spokesperson, League for Rights and Freedoms
• Mandoline Blier, co-coordinator, L'R des centres de femmes du Québec
• Katia Lelièvre, 3rd vice president, Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN)
• Loïc Goyette, President, Union étudiante du Québec (UEQ)

Spokespersons in Quebec City: Benoit Rullier, RCLALQ, for the COLOC, and Catherine Lussier, FRAPRU, for the COLOC

SOURCE Regroupement des comités logement et associations de locataires du Québec (RCLALQ)

Information: Eloïse Bolduc : [phone]