Fact Sheet For the Public Housing Citizens Committee of Montreal

• The Public Housing Citizens Committee was founded in 1967 in Little Burgundy Montreal, Quebec by community memebers of the St. Martins Blocks.
• Mrs. Jeanne Leblanc is the president of the committee and Mrs. Lucilla Pion is the vice-president.
• The Committees organization was prompted by many citizens being displaced from their homes in St. Martins Blocks during a city urbanization initiative.
• St. Martins Blocks was the first of a list of complexes rebuilt with low-income housing during the period of urban renewal in Montreal.
• The Citizens Committee began their mission with a goal of getting the community involved in the administration of the newly rebuilt buildings.
• Goals of being involved in administraion and decision making began from the community wide need for fair and just leases with reasonable rent rates, and living conditions that wouldn’t compromise citizens freedoms.
• The committee strives to advocate for community needs pertaining to housing, work with the City Housing Committee and City Planners.
• This new website offers more optiions for audience engagement than previous iterations, opening more doors for advocacy.
• City planner spokesman, Mr. Lucien Saulnier, has worked closly with the ground in the past, even being involved in gathers speaking on the efforts of the committee.
• The organization seeks to humanize rapid urbanization in the city.