Montreal organization seeks help for unhoused campers under Ville-Marie Expressway
, checks in on the more than 20 people living under the Ville-Marie Expressway, west of Atwater Avenue in Westmount, near downtown Montreal.
“We’re in the process of hunting for six apartments at the moment,” he told Global News while visiting the campers. “Some for couples, some for folks who are single.” After housing advocates spoke out, the eviction was postponed — a relief to Chapman, who insists it’s safer for the campers to be together like this while they wait to be housed.For example if someone overdoses, that person can get help more quickly because there are other people around.
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