Quebec protesters demonstrate for affordable housing [Video]

At a demonstration in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City, the Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) presented the government with a giant key symbolizing its solution to the housing crisis.

The key, FRAPRU believes, lies in the creation of new social housing.

The affordable housing advocacy group believes that the share of social and community housing in the rental market should be doubled within 15 years, from just over 10 per cent to 20 per cent.

To achieve this, it advocates the construction of 10,000 new social and community housing units every year.

Hundreds of demonstrators joined FRAPRU on Sunday, from all over Quebec.

The demonstration marked the end of two days of mobilizations in Quebec City, including a vigil held in front of the National Assembly on Saturday night.

Small keys were brought by people from different regions of Quebec. Each key bore different inscriptions …