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Montreal homeless advocates sound alarm as makeshift camps continue to appear around city
Montreal races to create more shelters for homeless people amid coronavirus crisis Jacques says he lost his apartment last February after seven years because his landlord wanted to hike his rent by $300.“Since then it’s been very difficult to find an apartment,” he explained.Housing advocates say other residents at the camp are in the same boat — a worrying sign of the times, they say, adding that the fact that they’re making an appearance at all is disquieting.Matthew Pearce, president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission, thinks some of the primary reasons these camps are popping up is the pandemic. He explained that to observe proper distancing protocols, shelters like the Old Brewery had to reduce the number of beds.“We have normally