Tenant equity in climate policies

This report (in french) looks at how tenants are taken into account in Quebec in two areas of public climate policy intervention: those aimed at reducing GHG emissions from residential buildings, through decarbonization and energy efficiency, more specifically those involving building renovations, and those aimed at adaptation to oppressive heat. One of the main dilemmas encountered concerns who pays for housing transition, but also who benefits and who is left out. These include concerns about controlling rent increases following renovations, and the displacement of vulnerable groups. This research is being carried out in two phases: a documentary analysis of public climate policies and possible solutions (June 2023 to September 2024) and two focus groups with stakeholders from housing committees and the Logement en Transition group in Montreal (September 2024).