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Housing Services

We are pleased to offer Supportive Housing services across the Thames Valley region for individuals with addiction and mental health needs in a variety of settings and with a broad spectrum of support options, all with the goal of promoting community-based recovery.

Supportive Housing is available in both shared living homes and in individual units, with support ranging from 24/7 on-site staff support, to daily or weekly support, to support that can be initiated by tenants when needed. Support within shared living environments can include assistance with activities of daily living, medication education and administration, and in some cases higher levels of personal care. Many of our Supportive Housing options are provided in conjunction with psychosocial rehabilitation programming and/or case management services that will help you develop practical daily living skills, foster independence, and facilitate your continued community integration.

We have both long-term and transitional Supportive Housing options available, and Supportive Housing services that are tailored to the needs of specific groups such as youth, women, individuals experiencing problematic substance use or needing help with relapse prevention, individuals involved in the justice system, individuals being discharged from hospital, and individuals who benefit from a high level of ongoing daily support to participate in their communities.

Not all support options are available in all areas of Thames Valley, and many of our Supportive Housing programs have wait lists. Upon referral to our Supportive Housing programs, we will work with you to match you to the Supportive Housing environment, location, and level of support that best meets your preferences and needs, and admissions to each program are often on a priority basis with consideration given to current homelessness or risk of homelessness, and mental health crisis.

All of our Supportive Housing sites require the payment of monthly subsidized (affordable or geared-to-income) rent, and in some cases a monthly grocery amount. Tenants of some individual
Supportive Housing units will be required to pay for utilities, or parking where applicable.

Not all of our Supportive Housing options in all locations are accessible for people who use wheelchairs or who are not able to climb stairs. We welcome applications from individuals who face barriers to mobility and will work to find Supportive Housing solutions. There are some independent Supportive Housing options available for families.

What We Offer

In most cases, our safe Supportive Housing is provided together with, or with access to, recovery-oriented addiction and mental health services. Our various Supportive Housing programs may include access to:

How Do I Connect?

Please complete the appropriate referral form on our Getting Started Page. 

Who can make a referral?

All applications to the Supportive Housing program are by self-referral. We may seek additional physician or other service provider documentation as part of our review of your application.

Locations

  • London

    Individual and/or family units

    Shared living (low to moderate support)

    Shared living (high support)

    Youth (16-24) transitional shared living and individual units

    Women only – individual units

    Addictions supportive individual units

    Justice Units

  • St. Thomas

    Individual and/or family units

    Shared living (low to moderate support)

    Shared living (high support)

    Women only – individual units

    Addictions supportive individual units

    Justice Units

  • Woodstock

    Individual and/or family units

    Addictions supportive individual units

    Justice Units

  • Exeter

    Shared living (low to moderate support)

    Shared living (high support)

  • Strathroy

    Individual and/or family units

    Shared living (low to moderate support)

    Shared living (high support)

    Addictions Supportive Housing

  • Tillsonburg

    Individual and/or family units

    Shared living (high support)

We have some flexibility to provide individual units in other rural communities within Elgin, Middlesex, and Oxford counties such as Aylmer, Ingersoll, and West Lorne.

We also provide some housing services in Goderich, Parkhill, Port Bruce, Simcoe, Sarnia, and Merlin.

Even without “units” we provide housing support across regions i.e. housing finders, supplements, outreach etc.

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