The Office municipal d’habitation de Laval promotes the creation of tenant associations in low-rental housing buildings (HLM) and the creation of recreation committees in the buildings of the AccèsLogis program. The role of tenants' associations is defined by the Fédération des locataires d’habitations à loyer modique du Québec
Our community services team provides support and training to the dozen or so active association boards. We help them to structure themselves and we support their democratic functioning.
In low-rental housing buildings (HLM), the Société d’habitation du Québec authorizes the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval to grant tenant associations an annual operating budget of $28 per dwelling. In return, the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval requires tenant associations to hold an annual general meeting and submit financial statements and annual activity reports.
If you would like to set up a tenant association in one of the buildings or real estate complexes of the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval, please contact community services at 450 688-0184 ext. 132.
The Residents' Advisory Committee is made up of 2 representatives from each of the tenants' associations as well as of the two tenants' representatives sitting on the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval. The mandate of the Residents Advisory Committee is to:
The Residents' Advisory Committee meets three or four times a year to fulfill the mandate entrusted to it.
The Office municipal d’habitation de Laval, community workers, partner organizations and tenant associations are working together to improve the quality of life of senior residents.
Community workers in the buildings for the elderly of the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval are employed by the Comité d’animation du troisième âge de Laval
The reassuring presence of a community worker in seniors' buildings plays an important role in the lives of tenants and in the community spirit:
For contact information for community workers, contact community services at 450 688-0184 ext. 137
Since the summer of 2021, the Habitations Val-Martin and Pie-X sectors can count on the reassuring presence of two community workers. This project is funded by the city of Laval as part of the Entente sectorielle pour la mise en œuvre de la Politique régionale de développement social de Laval 2019-2022 incluant la fondation Lucie et André Chagnon.
The community workers mandate consists in:
You can contact the community workers in this sector at 450 688-0184 extensions 157 and 158.
Launched in 1998 at Place St-Martin (352 housing units for families), "Familles en mouvement" is a community project that allows the hiring of two community workers and two facilitators. These four resources work in collaboration with the Place St-Martin tenants' association and local organizations to find answers to the various needs of tenants at the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval This sector is rich in terms of cultural diversity and mutual aid!
Familles en mouvement offers activities such as:
Familles en mouvement is an essential complement to all the services offered in the community and many projects are carried out in partnership with organizations in the sector.
To find out about the various activities of Familles en mouvement, contact the community workers responsible for the initiative at 450 688-0184 extensions 110 and 125.
The Office municipal d’habitation de Laval encourages the realization of concerted community projects, such as the creation of community gardens
A community garden was created in this area thanks to the financial participation of the Regroupement des offices d’habitation du Québec (ROHQ) as part of its program Initiatives de développement durable, d’entraide et de mobilisation and of Enfants d’abord.
Thanks to a subsidy from the Société d'habitation du Québec as part of its Soutien aux projets structurants pour les personnes vivant en logement social program the place St-Martin’s Comité embellissement and tenants in this area were able to participate in the creation of a mosaic and the construction of a small house for children.
The Office municipal d’habitation de Laval, in addition to working closely with many community organizations in the area, sits on several consultation tables in Laval :
The L’Élan newsletter is intended for residents of the Office municipal d'habitation de Laval’s apartments and informs them on various general subjects and the latest news relating to their living environments:
Published quarterly, L’Élan newsletter is distributed door to door by the employees of the Office municipal d’habitation de Laval. To contribute to the writing of L’Élannewsletter, to suggest topics for discussion or to share comments on the content, write to
Bureau de consultation jeunesse
Centre de pédiatrie sociale Laval
Comité de développement local de Chomedey
Coopérative de soutien à domicile de Laval
Fédération de Laval, Laurentides et Lanaudière des OSBL d'habitation
Fédération de l'habitation coopérative du Québec