Strengthening social housing communities

Extensive study of the Housing First support paradigm has demonstrated the benefits that affordable housing and appropriate, available supports can have on the housing success of formerly-homeless individuals living with mental illness and addiction. [...] This system was designed to give priority access “Are we repeating the mistakes of to housing to the economically disadvantaged, de-institutionalization in the 1960s? [...] But in the absence from purpose-built supportive housing transferred of new funding and little rental housing to the Ministries of Health or Community and development of any sort, it also returned social Social Services. [...] What the Ontario Government, LHINs and service managers can do: • Expand Ontario’s supply of social and supportive housing to improve outcomes for applicants and tenants and allow the system to function more effectively.