Learn your rights and responsibilities as a social housing tenant; where to connect to services to help you remain in your home, gain access to subsidized or affordable housing, and get help if you are homeless. Also: information for housing service providers partnering with the City.
Street outreach, emergency and transitional shelters; help to find a permanent home.
Reach out before you lose your home. A range of ways to avoid eviction, remain steady in your housing, and connect to opportunity.
The City manages subsidized housing provided by 240 community organizations. Homes for about 265,000 Torontonians, 164,000 in City-owned Toronto Community Housing.
More than 340 community not-for-profit agencies work with the City to help vulnerable Toronto residents find, keep and live in affordable and permanent housing.
Details on 24-hour drop-ins in Toronto that are opened when Toronto Public Health calls an extreme cold weather alert.
City Council has given the go-ahead to plan the implementation of a choice-based system to access social housing. This will fill vacant units more quickly and provide better customer service to those waiting for a subsidized unit.
A new service planning framework for Shelter, Support and Housing Administration was unanimously approved by Toronto City Council in December 2013. A comprehensive public consultation earlier in 2013 provided input from more than 2,000 voices.
The City's program that helps street-involved people find permanent housing has helped 4,100+ since 2005. Most stay in their homes but some constantly refuse help. Read a recent thank you to dedicated outreach workers whose friendly persistence makes a huge difference.