A body of Saguenay gives a sleeping bag to Philippe Couillard

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Andréanne Larouche

Tuesday, 30 January 2018 11:14

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SAGUENAY | body Houses me self-help was a symbolic gesture Tuesday morning, Saguenay, offering a sleeping bag intended for the prime minister of Quebec Philippe Couillard.

The community organization of struggle for the rights of low-income people, thus, wants to put pressure on the government to improve the program AccèsLogis.

It is a financial assistance program that promotes the creation of social housing.

Lodge me self-help is the fear that, if the program is not expanded, many citizens find themselves on the street with only a sleeping bag.

According to data obtained by the agency, 660 households, Saguenay, currently spend 100 % of their income for housing.

The coordinator of the Lodge to me, self-help has put the sleeping bag in question to the office of the mna for Dubuc, Serge Simard, in The borough of la Baie, so that it is sent to the prime minister.