By Josée Panet-Raymond
Social entrepreneur Marcel Lebrun has developed a solution to homelessness in Canadian maritime province Fredericton, New Brunswick: the 12 Neighbours community of mini-homes.
“Every city needs a Marcel Lebrun,” says Al, 59. the self-appointed mayor of the 12 Neighbours community, as he shows street paper L’Itinéraire around the cluster of miniature homes for people experiencing homelessness in Canadian maritime province Fredericton, New Brunswick.
L’Itinéraire wrote about the 12 Neighbors community back in February 2022, when construction of the 99 homes that will complete the project was in its early stages.
This article first appeared in L’Itinéraire, a magazine sold on the streets of Montreal, Canada by people who have limited other ways of earning an income.