A gathering of Quebec’s key housing players, including members of the Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) and eight other organizations, recently met in Montreal to discuss the main issues affecting housing affordability. The purpose of the meeting was to allow each organization the chance to highlight the main challenges specific to their sector’s area of activity and generate recommendations to tackle the affordable housing shortage in Quebec.

“One of the objectives of this first meeting was to allow the major players in the industry to come together around the same table and work on developing recommendations that will be presented to the government in order to resolve some of the challenges related to the housing industry,” said Denis Joanis, president and chief executive officer of the QPAREB. “We believe in the need to create a positive synergy for the development of a growing housing supply.”

Observers from the ministère des Finances du Québec were also present at this first housing affordability meeting of its kind. The nine organizations involved collectively represent more than 160,000 members and work in an industry that contributes roughly $60 billion to the economy. They include: Association de la construction du Québec (ACQ); Association des inspecteurs en bâtiment du Québec (AIBQ); Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec (APCHQ); Association professionnelle des notaires du Québec (APNQ); Corporation des propriétaires immobiliers du Québec (CORPIQ); Institut de développement urbain du Québec (IDU); InterNACHI Québec; and Regroupement des gestionnaires et copropriétaires du Québec (RGCQ).

Under the leadership of the ACQ, the APCHQ and the IDU, a second housing affordability meeting bringing together the same stakeholders is scheduled to take place later this fall, where a first series of recommendations will be tabled and new themes will be addressed.

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