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Toronto to add 200 supportive homes in three-way partnership with federal government and UHN
The federal government, the City of Toronto and the University Health Network will expand the social medicine housing model, adding about 200 supportive homes across three sites for people experiencing homelessness and complex health needs.
Why it matters
This is one of Canada's largest efforts to combine health care and housing: affordable homes built next to a hospital, jointly run by a health network and a non-profit housing provider, tackling shelter and medical care together for people facing homelessness and complex health needs.
Full report
The Government of Canada, the City of Toronto and the University Health Network (UHN) announced on October 1 an expansion of the social medicine housing model that will create approximately 200 new supportive homes across three sites.
The expansion builds on Dunn House, Canada's first social medicine supportive housing initiative, and Spring House, a 54-unit project underway in Parkdale. The first new site, near Toronto Western Hospital, will provide about 80 deeply affordable and supportive homes, operated by a non-profit housing provider selected through a City-led process with UHN.
Funding: more than $25 million from the federal government through Build Canada Homes, more than $19 million in funding and financial incentives from the City of Toronto (subject to council approval), and a $20 million contribution from the UHN Foundation. CreateTO, the City's real estate agency, will help identify two additional sites near the hospital.
Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson and Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow joined the announcement. Officials called it one of the most significant efforts in Canada to bring health care and housing together; the full initiative is expected to exceed 300 homes.
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