MONTREAL - A Montreal homeless shelter says it's nearly doubling the number of apartments it can offer the unhoused thanks to a boost in funding from the city, part of a $2-million envelope split among four groups that develop below-market housing.

The Old Mission Brewery says it will receive $400,000, which will allow it to add 237 units to its housing stock by 2028.

"Some have already been bought and are under renovation, and some are in construction," Jean-François Degenais, who oversees the Brewery's rehousing program, said in a recent interview.

Between April 2024 and March 2025, the shelter offered housing to 100 people in units it owns directly or manages. “This is really going to help us grow, to increase our delivery capacity, and the quality of our organization as a pillar in

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