Salubrity and Health Regarding Housing Collective Action in Montreal
Housing is a public health issue. For many years now, institutions have recognized its importance for the health of individuals and their families. Indeed, through the notion of social determinants of health, academics have demonstrated the importance of good housing conditions for people’s health. They also gave social movements in the housing sector new arguments in their struggle for better housing rights and conditions. Using the concept of collective identity developed by Melucci (1996), our aim in this article is to analyze the role of health and salubrity in the construction of the collective action of a particular actor, the Tenants association of Saint-Laurent.