Housing First

Our Housing First program hosted a very successful forum on homelessness. The invitation only event was attended by many community stakeholders, politicians (Elizabeth May, Gary Holman, Wayne MacIntyre, Peter Grove) and service providers.

We are pulling together notes from that meeting and planning a follow up session focusing specifically on support services that are required to help move people from homeless to housed.

There was a lot of energy and interest in the room, however time will tell how much true engagement there is by community leaders in developing lasting solutions to address the plight of the homeless.

An application has been submitted to the Homelessness Partnering Strategy for two more years of funding commencing June 1st. Cross your fingers !