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Opinion: Quebec’s welfare reform bill is aiming at the wrong target

Délais inégaux à la Régie du logement

CSL asked to urge renewal of federal social housing subsidies
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Lettre : «Quand ils parlent d’économies, c’est sur l’dos des démunis»

Opinion: New welfare rules unfair to immigrants in particular

Quebec’s sole housing program slashed

Quebec’s only social housing program may be closed

Les organismes communautaires inquiets

Opinion: Everybody needs a place to call home

Housing advocates call Régie ‘slow and unresponsive’

‘Counter-productive’: Groups denounce welfare reform

Welfare bureaucrats nix single mother’s quest for work retraining

Letter: We should be waging a war on poverty, not on the poor

(Audio) Changes to the welfare program

Quebec unveils new rules for welfare recipients

Pas plus de deux semaines à l’étranger pour les assistés sociaux

La réforme de l’aide sociale risque de renforcer les préjugés, dénoncent des organismes

Letter: The STM should offer a low-income monthly pass

Letter: Right to ride: When even public transit is too expensive

Cession de l’hippodrome à la ville : la ville reprend ses démarches

Frais de parc : un outil pour protéger le parc de logements locatifs

Immigrants, singles hardest hit by rental housing crunch

Hard times for renters in Côte-des-Neiges

Opinion: Bill C-43 would allow budgets to be cut on the backs of some of the most vulnerable

Loyers: 46% des locataires de Côte-des-Neiges dépensent beaucoup pour se loger

CDN housing “disastrous”

Côte-des-Neiges: Les immigrants peinent à payer leur loyer

Quartier Côte-des-Neiges : Les immigrants peinent à payer leur loyer

Housing organizations call for 2500 social housing units on Blue Bonnets

(Audio) Struggles for housing rights in Montreal

Opinion: Don’t fall for the Quebec government’s line on spending cuts

Des zombies pour protester contre les délais à la Régie du logement

(Audio) Hippodrome de Montréal : des réponses claires?

Letter: It Costs Us More To Accept Poverty Than To Eradicate It

Blue Bonnets residential development has stalled

Hippodrome: le maire veut rassurer les groupes communautaires

Social housing needed at former Blue Bonnets site, groups say

Groups outraged social housing project could fall through

(Audio) Social Housing in Côte-des-Neiges

Blue Bonnets: Advocates push for affordable housing community

Rental board needs tax money to meet tenants needs: advocates

Project Genesis on the Budget

How provincial budget will affect Montreal

Opinion: The effects of budgetary belt-tightening have not been pretty

Les logements sociaux et l’itinérance oubliés parmi les enjeux des élections ?

PQ to cut welfare benefits

Des délais trop longs pour les locataires lésés

Letter: For the deficit, blame generosity to corporations, not social programs

Des locataires forcés de partir

Côte-des-Neiges borough steps in after tenants and landlord row over renovations

Expulsion illégale de locataires à Côte-des-Neiges

CDN tenants forced out of apartments in winter

Côte-des-Neiges – Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: deux quartiers, deux réalités

Logement social à Montréal : où en est le Fonds de contribution?

Régie du lentement – Record wait times at Quebec’s rental board affect low-income tenants

Housing Alarm

Bedbugs: “Don’t take anything from the streets”

Hausse des loyers : les deux côtés de la médaille

How the Quebec Rental Board wages war on the poor, one agonizing delay at a time

(Audio) Housing project on former Hippodrome site

Housing rights tribunal bogged down by inefficiencies

Montreal tenants protest lack of heating

Des locataires dénoncent la lenteur de la Régie du logement

Community groups want input on social housing in Hippodrome development

Home Fishing

Régie du logement : des locataires poussés à bout

Community Organizing in Côte-des-Neiges Then and Now
Jobs at Project Genesis
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Job offer: Social Rights Worker, within Individual Services (2 positions)

Job offer: Escouade Salubrité project on housing health and safety issues

Job offer: Community Organizer (2 positions)
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This past year has brought about many changes for everyone, including for Project Genesis. We are currently seeking to fill five positions, which are a result of staff leaving, staff who changed positions within the organization, and the creation of new positions. We are excited to integrate new members into our team!
We are hiring:
- Two Social Rights Workers in Individual Services (one permanent and one contract position)
- Two Community Organizers to work primarily on Anti-Poverty issues (one permanent and one contract position)
- A contract worker for the Escouade Salubrité project on housing health and safety issues
The application deadline for all five positions is Sunday, April 11th. Complete job details and how to apply can be found on our website: https://genese.qc.ca/jobs/.
Please apply if you are interested, and spread the word!
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