Plans for proposed homeless shelter in Ahuntsic have been shelved
Global News
A plan to buy and turn a property into a 24-7 homeless shelter in Ahuntsic-Cartierville has been shelved, for now.
After opposition from local residents, the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville says plans to buy a property on Bois-de-Boulogne Avenue intended for a 24-7 homeless shelter are dead in the water.
Borough Mayor Émilie Thuillier told Global News on Saturday that negotiations between the City of Montreal and the owners of a building in the area have ended.
The property where the proposed shelter was expected to open next month is owned by Fondation Gracia, which operated a palliative care facility in the building until recently.
The real estate agent representing the building owners told Global News the foundation no longer wants to sell the property to the city.
“We’ll continue to find a location, that’s my message to people in the borough,” said Thuillier. “If you think about a building where there’s already equipment for people to live, we are open.”
On Saturday morning, Thuillier greeted around 100 residents gathered at a local park, where they protested against the idea of opening a new shelter at the proposed site.
Many argue the area, steps away from a daycare, a senior’s residence and a number of schools, isn’t suited for a shelter.
“You cannot put this kind of shelter right beside the kids, right beside the elderly people — there’s an old home there — and right beside the school. It doesn’t make any sense,” said Rachel Rakhi, Ahuntsic-Cartierville resident.
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