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South shore collective Close-up
action fund on two projects supported
Centraide of Greater Montreal launched this by the South Shore
fund in 2025 to address the South Shore’s unique collective action fund
challenges surrounding poverty and social inequality.
With a $1-million envelope over two years, this Creation of a safe housing brigade
fund helps local agencies implement innovative in the agglomeration of Longueuil
collective projects. It builds collaboration between
stakeholders who are taking local action to create Spearheaded by the Coalition pour le droit
lasting change and improve living conditions in au logement de l’agglomération de Longueuil
South Shore communities. and supported by Développement social
Vieux-Longueuil, this project fights
Why does the South Shore need substandard housing in the agglomeration
a specific fund? of Longueuil and helps tenants defend
their rights.
With an area of 2,706 km², the South Shore is a
vast and diverse territory that is undergoing strong Collective action plan in the
demographic growth (+5.6%). This situation—along Roussillon RCM
with a patchwork service network that spans
multiple RCMs and municipalities—makes it harder The Table de développement social Roussillon
for stakeholders to collaborate, prompting the is a multi-network group of organizations that
need to tailor support to the territory’s specific share structured governance. With the
local realities. support of Centraide, an action plan will
be created based on needs identified by
To address this challenge, the South Shore the community. This process is supported
Collective Action Fund serves as an additional by Dynamo as part of its Point de Bascule
resource to help local stakeholders develop program, and a concrete collective project
concrete, effective solutions. should emerge by September 2025.
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