The Ontario government has set aside $270,000 towards helping individuals who are over 18 years with rent supplements and mental health services for no fewer than 40 new supportive housing units in Mississauga.
Recently, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was joined by Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Steve Clark, to discuss an initiative where the extra funding will connect more people that need mental health and addiction support to local housing options, minimizing emergency room and hospital visits.
The plan to bring these essential services closer to home came after the government’s $4.5 million in capital funding from the Social Services Relief Fund to support the construction of a 40-unit development.
According to Ford, the development will help the most vulnerable, as it will offer them a place they can call home and an opportunity for a better life.
He said: “At a time when the province is growing at unprecedented speed, having added 500,000 new residents last year alone, our government is taking action to build more homes of all types, including a mix of ownership, rental, non-profit and supportive housing that meet the needs of all Ontarians.”
The Streetsville project is managed by Indwell Community Homes and it seeks to serve adults who have encountered mental health issues, addiction issues, and housing instability.
The program will provide services like program management, supervised social work, nursing, addiction assistance, behavioural support, housing casework, food security, and when needed, round-the-clock on-call support.
Clark added: “The funding announced today builds on our historic levels of investment in supportive housing and homelessness prevention, which recognizes each municipality’s unique needs.”
In April 2022, Ontario launched the Homelessness Prevention Program, which aims to prevent, address and reduce chronic homelessness.
The government has revealed that it would increase its annual investment in homelessness prevention by $202 million through the Homelessness Prevention Program and Indigenous Supportive Housing Program— making the total annual investment around $700 million.
Recall that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ontario’s Social Services Relief Fund reportedly disbursed over $1.2 billion to help municipal service managers and Indigenous program administrators create long-term housing solutions for vulnerable individuals in Ontario.
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