West Island Housing Forum

In November 2015 at the TQSOI’s Buffet Priori, the community identified the 5 priority needs within the southern West Island. The lack of affordable and social housing was one of these priority issues, and a Housing Committee was established to address the issue. Since then, the Committee and the TQSOI team have focused on the research and writing of analytical and policy documents and needs assessments as well as communications and awareness raising materials. The goal of these efforts was to build a better understanding of the housing situation among southern West Island citizens, politicians and the wider community. The Housing Forum was the first housing-themed event hosted by the TQSOI and the first event of this kind in the West Island. The Forum brought together local residents, community organizations and elected officials as well as public and private sector housing professionals, to discuss the lack of affordable housing in the area. Communications efforts focused on reaching those within the TQSOI territory, although residents from the entirety of the West Island were welcomed.