The Martinez Ferrada administration has announced the creation of the Tactical Intervention Group on Homelessness (GITI).<\/p>\n
\u201cThis new coordinating structure aims to consolidate existing governance and support, strengthen, and accelerate actions related to homelessness in the city,\u201d the city wrote in a press release Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe objective is to achieve predictability and find longer-term solutions to better address the homelessness crisis. This body takes over from the crisis unit established in December 2025.<\/p>\n
The GITI, whose first meeting will take place next week, will be composed of 12 permanent members from the Government of Quebec, the City of Montreal, and institutional and community partners. <\/p>\n
\u201cHomelessness is a priority for our administration,\u201d said Martinez Ferrada. \u201cEvery tent we see on our streets reminds us of our collective responsibility. With the creation of the Tactical Intervention Group for Homelessness (GITI), we are moving from emergency response to structured and agile action. By working together with all our partners, we will provide better long-term predictability, better coordinate our actions on the ground, and deliver concrete solutions to Montrealers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis composition reflects the City\u2019s commitment to asserting its leadership in addressing the challenges related to homelessness. It also demonstrates its dedication to working in an integrated manner with existing regional governance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chaired by Claude Pinard, the GITI will meet its members every two weeks to improve the coherence, agility, and effectiveness of interventions in the region.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith GITI, our objective is clear: prevention rather than reaction,\u201d said Pinard. \u201cWe are giving ourselves the means to intervene earlier, more effectively, and with greater impact. We will strengthen our responsiveness and better plan our actions, season after season. By drawing on the expertise of our partners and maximizing the resources already in place, we want to intervene at the right time, with the right resources.\u201d<\/p>\n
The members of GITI are as follows:<\/p>\n
Soraya Martinez Ferrada, Mayor of Montreal;<\/p>\n
Claude Pinard, chairman of the executive committee of the City of Montreal and responsible for homelessness;<\/p>\n
Benoit Langevin, responsible for social cohabitation on the executive committee of the City of Montreal;<\/p>\n
Sonia B\u00e9langer, Minister of Health and Social Services;<\/p>\n
Chantal Rouleau, Minister responsible for the metropolis and the Montreal region;<\/p>\n
Caroline Dusablon, Director General \u2013 Network Management and Partnerships, Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec;<\/p>\n
Myl\u00e8ne Drouin, Montreal\u2019s regional director of public health;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nadia Bastien, Deputy Director General of the City of Montreal;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julien David-Pelletier, Commissioner for People Experiencing Homelessness at the City of Montreal;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Nathalie Charbonneau, CEO of the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l\u2019\u00cele-de-Montr\u00e9al;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Samuel Watts, President and CEO of the Welcome Mission;\u00a0<\/p>\n
Annie Savage, director of RAPSIM.<\/p>\n
The group will also be tasked with identifying operational obstacles and opportunities, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring proactive risk management, particularly during seasonal situations.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the thaw and spring approach, managing encampments will become an even more pressing issue,\u201d according to the press release. \u201cThe GITI\u2019s primary mandate will be to harmonize interventions, ensure a greater presence on the ground, and plan actions in a more structured way, in order to improve coexistence in neighbourhoods while supporting Montrealers living in encampments.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThis initiative will help us identify solutions,\u201d said Sam Watts, president and CEO of the Welcome Mission. \u201cIt will pinpoint opportunities for collaboration and implement concrete actions that will address the needs of marginalized individuals, those experiencing homelessness, or those at risk of losing their housing.\u201d<\/p>\n
To strengthen its capacity for action, the group will also present several tools in the coming months, including a metropolitan map of roaming services, seasonal planning, a key performance indicator dashboard, and an integrated roaming action plan. <\/p>\n
The GITI will also produce an annual report outlining results, progress made, and recommendations for improving policies and investments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Martinez Ferrada administration has announced the creation of the Tactical Intervention Group on Homelessness (GITI). \u201cThis new…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":{"0":"post-481035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-montreal"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}