Toronto hospital opening permanent supportive housing apartments for homeless
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A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency room is set to welcome its first residents in Toronto this month.
A new housing project for those who live on the streets and frequently end up in the emergency room is set to welcome its first residents in Toronto this month, supported by one of the largest hospital networks in Canada.
The University Health Network has partnered with Fred Victor, a non-profit housing organization, to provide 51 permanent homes with health and social supports to homeless people who use its hospitals the most. The hope is that the project will ease pressures on hospitals while also providing stable care for vulnerable individuals.
“What we’re trying to build is this continuum of care out from the hospital where people can be discharged to a safe and stable setting that is their home,” Dr. Andrew Boozary, the executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine at UHN, said in an interview.
“The treatment for the homelessness crisis is housing and, beyond housing, there needs to be these health and social supports in place.”
The project, named Dunn House, is officially opening Thursday, with residents expected to move in over the coming weeks and months.
UHN has earmarked all 51 apartments in the building for those who use its hospitals frequently and were willing to move there, Boozary said. The homes are set to help unhoused individuals with complex medical and social needs.
Some people who were set to move in have died before the project’s opening, which highlights the need for such a space, Boozary said.
“We lost a number of people who’ve been coming in and out of the hospital at UHN in hopes of trying to help them move in, but they didn’t live to see this day,” he said.
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