Marlies Trujillo Torres
Coordinator, Neighbourhoods Space & Housing In Transition Working Group
How does housing quality affect the health, social vulnerability, and climate resilience of Montreal’s residents?
Transitional Housing
The aging housing stock must be adapted to increasingly severe heat waves and cold spells—which affect residents’ health and well-being—while simultaneously decarbonizing it. This challenge requires balancing environmental goals, the fight against energy poverty, and adaptation to climate hazards, while ensuring that renovation and adaptation policies prioritize vulnerable populations.
March 2025–present
<i>Transitional Housing:</i> A Dedicated Thematic Working Group Within the Alliance
The Housing in Transition (LeT) working group brings together a variety of civic, community, and institutional stakeholders and advocates for a systemic approach to a fair and equitable housing transition. It works to create the conditions necessary to accelerate the resilience, energy transition, and climate adaptation of Montreal’s existing housing stock.
Sophie Van Neste
Labo Équité Climat, INRS
Nancy Giguère
Émilie Laurin-Dansereau
Karl Janelle
Coalition Climat Montréal
Oriol Gavaldà
Sophie Goudreau
Stéphanie Lopez
Greg Labrosse
Laurence Simard
Vivre en ville
Laurent Montreuil
Bâtir son quartier
Vincent Seguin
Service de l’habitation, Ville de Montréal
Beatrice Groulx
Labo Équité Climat, Institut national de la recherche scientifique
June 2025
<i>Toward a Just Housing Transition: A </i>Framework to Guide Action and Public Policy
Drafted collectively by the members of the Housing in Transition working group, this position paper clarifies the issues surrounding a just housing transition in Montreal and serves as a common foundation for the group’s work. By linking the challenges of decarbonization, climate change adaptation, and energy insecurity, it opens with eight proposals to guide public policy and support community action.
2024–present
Citizens' Committee on <i>Housing, Heating, and Cooling</i>
Coordinated by ACEF du Nord and established in 2024, the committee is composed of people in vulnerable situations (energy and economic insecurity, health issues, etc.). Its goal is to bring together those affected, share stories and experiences related to thermal comfort and housing conditions, collectively identify solutions, and act as an advisory committee by providing feedback on proposals from the LeT working group.
In Progress
Advisory Committee – COTÉ Project
The Ecological Transition in Housing Operational Center (CÔTÉ Habitat) project is a collaborative network of stakeholders aimed at aligning existing expertise and support services for homeowners and tenants. The project is co-led by TEC, and a subcommittee of the working group will serve as an advisory committee in 2026.
January 2026
2 committees to take the recommendations in the proposal to the next level
Following the publication of the position paper *Toward a Just Housing Transition*, two committees were established to further advance its proposals:
- The Programs Committee, to examine ways to enhance existing renovation programs to include and improve tenant protection mechanisms.
- The Committee on Housing Safety and Climate Change, which is working to strengthen measures for monitoring, inspecting, and enforcing housing safety policies in order to adapt them to climate change and better protect tenants’ rights during the housing transition.
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