Inside the trailers Montreal installed for people living in the Notre-Dame encampment

Over the years, the encampment along Montreal's Notre-Dame street has grown. In the past five months alone, groups working in the neighborhood say it has gone from about 50 structures to around 200. With winter around the corner, people are looking for warmth, and this year Montreal is trying a new approach to help people transition out of the encampment. Montreal has partnered with Groupe L'Anonyme, a social service organization, And they're installing trailers to provide temporary housing. Rather than sleeping in a tent on the floor and sleeping here, I think here is, in the short term, the right solution that gives them dignity, that gives them a shelter with water, with food. And that's what our Montrealers need right now. Two units have already been installed on the corner of Notre-Dame and Sicard, and one more is on the way. We're going to go see what they look like inside. Each trailer has six rooms and two bathrooms, and each bedroom will have one bunk bed and a desk. 36 total people will live in the three trailers during the winter season for up to five months. Lenonim will provide 24-hour support and help find permanent housing for the residents. They know the people. Lainey Fury has been living in the encampment for a couple weeks now. She thinks transitional housing is a great initiative, but feels the maximum stay is too short. I spent three months in a transitional place. But the laws were changed for that house. It used to be up to six years. Now it's three months. So I just felt like I was going to go back to work and I had to be back outside again. The mayor emphasized this is not a permanent solution and promised the city will make sure the site is safe both for those staying there and the surrounding neighborhood. Laney Fury says at the end of the day, just like anyone else, all she wants is a home. We're here because we love the community here. It's a very peaceful family community. The mayor says this is a temporary solution that will help people while the city works to increase the supply of subsidized housing.