July 2, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis led the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's (CQPI) new report, which sets out 17 recommendations to prevent homelessness in Quebec, chief among them enshrining the right to housing in the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms. Drawing on research contributions from across McGill, the report responds to what Eliadis calls "increasingly alarming, even catastrophic" levels of homelessness, with the number of people affected rising 44% between 2018 and 2022.
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Published on: 3 Jul 2026
May 29, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CHIP-FM about the rise in visible homelessness across Quebec and the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's call for upstream legal reform. Eliadis notes that visible homelessness rose 40% between 2018 and 2022 and another 20% between 2022 and 2025, arguing that current government measures "are still not enough" and that Quebec has yet to honour its 1976 commitment to enshrine the right to housing under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Published on: 1 Jun 2026
May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, an active member of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (CQPI), helped launch the coalition's proposed legal reform to make prevention a national priority in Quebec. Eliadis argues that "homelessness is not inevitable" but reflects political choices, and that prevention represents the most cost-effective response to a crisis estimated to cost the province nearly $1 billion per year.
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Published on: 1 Jun 2026
May 27, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis, chair of the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative's legislative reform project, joined CBC's Daybreak Montreal to discuss the coalition's new push for legal reform on homelessness in Quebec. Eliadis argues that adding the right to housing to the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms would give it "quasi-constitutional status," underpinning every Quebec law that touches housing.
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Published on: 27 May 2026
January 6, 2026 | Pearl Eliadis spoke to CityNews about a recent study published by the Quebec Homelessness Prevention Collaborative (QHPC) which found that second-stage shelters, a form of transitional housing for women fleeing violence, are crucial in protecting wome
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Published on: 6 Jan 2026
