The right to housing is a fundamental right for everybody! This is why making rehousing possible, facilitating it and maintaining it are three of our key objectives. More specifically, we aim to foster autonomy and residential stability while accompanying people toward social reintegration.
With the unhoused population in Montreal growing, we need to find innovative solutions to help more people get off the street—sustainable solutions suited to their circumstances. That’s what we’re doing with our set of rehousing programs tailored to the individual.
The Grand 1 and 2 project in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce offers people who are ready to leave homelessness behind an alternative housing solution outside the downtown core.
Le Pont-TD is a permanent supportive housing program in the community that is tailored to the needs of people who have achieved housing stability and are autonomous.
The Dézéry project is a mixed facility that offers a variety of housing options to meet its residents’ diverse needs.
Projet Logement Montréal is a partnership between the Old Brewery Mission, Maison du Père, Accueil Bonneau and the Welcome Hall Mission. The program aims to place people experiencing homelessness in stable housing in the private market.
Designed and developed with the needs of veterans experiencing homelessness in mind, the Sentinels program includes measures and services designed to promote economic and social independence, end chronic homelessness and promote long-term reaffiliation.
Voisines dans la communauté is a private housing support program for women.
The Grand 1 and 2 project in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce offers people who are ready to leave homelessness behind an alternative housing solution outside the downtown core.
The Grand 1 and 2 buildings are owned by community partners. A total of 37 housing units are available to the Old Brewery Mission to house our clients. We provide residents with supportive housing assistance and psychosocial support.
Le Pont-TD is a permanent supportive housing program in the community that is tailored to the needs of people who have achieved housing stability and are autonomous.
While participants in this program are more independent, the Housing Support Services team follows up with them to help them maintain their housing stability. The frequency and intensity of support are determined by the resident and the intervention team.
The cooperation of private landlords is essential to the success of this project. Participants in this program receive financial assistance from the Office municipal d’habitation to stay housed and pay only 25% of the rent.
The Dézéry project is a mixed facility that offers a variety of housing options to meet its residents’ diverse needs.
The building is owned by the Société d’habitation populaire de l’Est de Montréal and the Old Brewery Mission looks after admission and housing support for the residents who join the program.
The building can accommodate a total of 15 people in 5 rooms and 10 studio apartments (with kitchenettes).
Projet Logement Montréal is a partnership between the Old Brewery Mission, Maison du Père, Accueil Bonneau and the Welcome Hall Mission. The program aims to place people experiencing homelessness in stable housing in the private market.
Based on the Housing First approach, the program aims to find housing that meets the needs and preferences of participants. Psychosocial support is provided to help people stay in their homes.
Part of the rent of participants in this program is covered by government subsidies.
Designed and developed with the needs of veterans experiencing homelessness in mind, the Sentinels program includes measures and services designed to promote economic and social independence, end chronic homelessness and promote long-term reaffiliation.
It seeks to provide this population with housing stability. Participants receive follow-up support and referrals to appropriate resources.
A special feature of the program is that the support team reaches out to people experiencing homelessness wherever they may be: on the street, in an encampment, in a shelter. The program starts as soon as the individual is identified, and the reaffiliation process begins at that point.
Voisines dans la communauté is a private housing support program for women.
It is designed for women leaving homelessness who feel ready to move into their own home but still need some psychosocial support.
Participants receive government subsidies, based on their monthly income, to help pay their rent. The Housing Support Services team meets with residents according to an established intervention plan. This is a sustainable solution for restoring housing stability and ensuring long-term reaffiliation for participants.
The housing crisis we're facing in Montreal makes it all the more difficult for people experiencing homelessness to find a place to live. That's why the creation of community housing, whether through new construction or renovation, is one of the three pillars of the Old Brewery Mission.
The La Traversée Grace Dart Foundation program was launched in May 2015 specifically to meet the needs of seniors experiencing homelessness. It is a mixed facility with 14 rooms.
Logements du Parc, an Old Brewery Mission community project with 24 studio apartments for men, opened in 2023. It provides a permanent housing solution.
Pavillon Lise Watier opened in 2010 in a residential area of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve with 29 transitional units reserved for female clients.
The Marcelle and Jean Coutu Pavilion has 30 relais units reserved for men. For some of the clients who use our emergency services, it is the first step towards stability.
Les Voisines de la Lanaudière is a 10-room relais apartment for women emerging from homelessness. For many women who have used our emergency services, it is a first step towards housing stability.
Voisines de Lartigue is a rehousing project for women located a stone’s throw from our women’s emergency services pavilion, the Patricia Mackenzie Pavilion (PMP).
The La Traversée Grace Dart Foundation program was launched in May 2015 specifically to meet the needs of seniors experiencing homelessness. It is a mixed facility with 14 rooms.
The La Traversée program is unique in its focus on seniors. It targets the needs of clients who don’t fit into any of the standard housing options. The participants do not have the autonomy to live on their own but don’t have the profile that would make them candidates for a long-term care facility. Another factor in the program’s success is the presence of a cook who prepares the meals.
Logements du Parc, an Old Brewery Mission community project with 24 studio apartments for men, opened in 2023. It provides a permanent housing solution.
As in all Old Brewery Mission rehousing projects, residents participate in an individualized program. The Housing Support Services team is on hand to maintain residents’ housing stability and help them transition to another housing solution if they wish.
The 24 furnished apartments have a fridge, microwave and sink. A lounge and fully equipped community kitchens are available to the men.
Pavillon Lise Watier opened in 2010 in a residential area of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve with 29 transitional units reserved for female clients.
The women live independently but receive psychosocial support to help them reaffiliate and maintain housing stability. Permanent housing options in the private market or in a community project are explored, depending on the resident’s individual situation.
Our on-site intervention and facilitation team organizes a variety of stimulating activities to help create bonds within the group.
The 29 rooms are fully equipped and residents have access to community kitchens and a lounge. The tenants pay 25% of their income in rent.
The Marcelle and Jean Coutu Pavilion has 30 relais units reserved for men. For some of the clients who use our emergency services, it is the first step towards stability.
The Marcelle and Jean Coutu Pavilion was the Old Brewery Mission’s first community rehousing project when it opened in 2006. The residence is located downtown.
Our Housing Support Services team provides psychosocial support to help residents transition to permanent housing. In addition, our on-site intervention and facilitation team organizes a variety of stimulating activities to help create bonds within the group.
The 30 rooms are fully equipped and residents have access to community kitchens and a lounge. The tenants pay 25% of their income in rent.
Les Voisines de la Lanaudière is a 10-room relais apartment for women emerging from homelessness. For many women who have used our emergency services, it is a first step towards housing stability.
The women regain a measure of autonomy and a more orderly life, but receive visits from our intervention teams who provide individualized supportive housing assistance. The women live in shared apartments with common areas, including a kitchen and living room.
This rehousing pavilion owned by the Old Brewery Mission opened in 2018.
Voisines de Lartigue is a rehousing project for women located a stone’s throw from our women’s emergency services pavilion, the Patricia Mackenzie Pavilion (PMP).
All residents are assisted by an intervention worker. The proximity to the PMP makes it possible to serve a specific population and offer more intensive follow-up to women who need it.
The building opened in August 2022 with 12 studio apartments providing a secure home for women transitioning out of homelessness.
Our rehousing programs helped many people maintain or regain housing stability in 2022-2023.
people were assisted by our Housing Support Services team
people lived in Old Brewery Mission community housing
people entered a rehousing program during the year
Mission helped me out of a hole I found myself in and led me to my own furnished place. They really helped me, and I don’t know where I would be without them.
We are fortunate to be partnering with Bread and Beyond on their Essentials Boxes project, an initiative that supports rehousing programs in Montreal by supplying residents with five starter boxes containing items for the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, pantry and cleaning.
Their contribution makes a big difference in the welcome our residents receive. The cost of setting up a house is something that people leaving the streets, who are often on social assistance, cannot easily afford. They are in a particularly precarious and vulnerable situation once they move in: they have to think about buying furniture, household appliances and the items they need to live in and maintain their home. It isn’t easy for them to feel “at home”; it takes many months to buy what they need, if they ever can. They have to prioritize rent and food. Essentials Boxes make it easier to move into an apartment and they humanize the experience.
Laurence Lavigne, Mayor of Villeray-Saint-Michel-Parc-Extension, Patricia Lattanzio, MNA for Saint-Léonard-Saint-Michel, Valérie Plante, Mayor of Ville de Montréal, Lionel Carmant, Minister responsible for Social Services, James Hughes, President and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, and Ernst Weche, Director of the LOGIS-RAP Board of Directors. Photo credit: Ville de Montréal - Sylvain Légaré.
