Canadian Mental Health Association - Windsor-Essex County Branch - Homelessness Initiative Program

To provide supportive housing for individuals who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and who have a mental illness requiring supports to build independent living skills necessary to maintain housing. The program works with private market landlords in the community acting in a liaison capacity to assist with providing access to modest safe, affordable and stable housing for consumers who require  community support services. This program provides:

• Supportive housing provider with rent subsidy
• Community based private market housing
• Search for private market safe, affordable and stable housing
• Landlord/tenant resolution and tenancy support
• Supports to build independent living skills and maintain housing in the community