Social Housing in Nunavik
This article studies the participation of the regional stakeholders in the development and implementation of the Agreement respecting the implementation of the James Bay and Northern Québec Agreement on housing in Nunavik. This agreement is central, from a political point of view, to understand the housing situation in Nunavik since it determines the role of each stakeholder and establishes the level of funding provided for the construction of social housing. The agreement, first signed in 2000, was renewed in 2005 and 2010. If it had the initial goal to meet the Nunavik housing needs, the implementation, in 2011, of a dispute resolution mechanism and the absence of an agreement for its renewal in 2015 are signs that this agreement did not meet the desired goals of all the stakeholders. With a historical analysis of the agreement, the authors wish to highlight the powers of the different regional stakeholders and the differences that divide them.