*A full-throated essay rooted in the human experience that puts narrative above statistics, that soothes like a balm and hits like a weapon.

How is the housing crisis unfolding, and how are vulnerable tenants negatively affected by repossessions, renovictions, and illegal rent increases?

Jolène Ruest had been living in the same apartment for ten years when her building was sold. Not long after, her greatest fear came true: the new owners wished to repossess her apartment in order to house their son. Jolène was now getting evicted. But there were elements of the eviction notice that seemed vague, almost suspicious… And thus began a bitter fight centred on the right to housing.

At once fragmented and linear, the narrative unfolds in a patchwork of poems, excerpts of legislation, stories, illustrations, and socio/political/historical facts that urge readers to reconsider the notion of home and the human right to housing. Ruest takes to the streets of her city to capture and express the sense of belonging that connects us to a place, the people who live there, and the life that fills it.

JOLÈNE RUEST works in the music industry as a radio host, music curator, and project manager. Her novel Les danseurs étoiles parasitent ton ciel (2020) has been adapted for the stage.