As the development and maintenance of a sufficient housing supply are at the center of the concerns of elected officials, the Regroupement des MRC de la Gaspésie asked the CIRADD, Center for initiation to research and support for sustainable development, to document the rental housing situation in the Gaspé. The report, now available, presents the experiences and issues experienced by nearly 400 newcomers and identifies the obstacles to rental construction in the regions. Encouraged by the data obtained in this report, the prefects of the Gaspé have chosen to reserve a large sum of $ 1,000,000 to stimulate the construction of rental housing in the municipalities of the Gaspé. This envelope is part of the 2021-2022 management framework of the Regions and Rurality Fund for the Gaspé region (FRR – component 1).

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