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Toronto housing initiatives win awards |
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Four Toronto initiatives were among 16 winners of the 2006 Canada Mortgage and Housing Administration Housing Awards.
They are:
Fort York Residence
City of Toronto, Shelter, Support and Housing Administration
Toronto, Ontario
Fort York Residence is the first of its kind in Toronto. Built in conjunction with a child care facility, this innovative project provides 74 dormitory style shelter beds and 24 transitional housing units for homeless men. Breaking the mold of transitional shelter design in Toronto, Fort York Residence was developed using a unique service model and in response to a need to provide shelter, affordable transitional housing, life skills and employment support under one roof. Recognizing that finding employment is a key route out of homelessness, Fort York Residence provides the tools and support for clients to rebuild their lives.
20 Sewells Road Affordable Housing Project
Wigwamen Incorporated
Toronto, Ontario
Wigwamen Incorporated provides affordable housing primarily to help meet urban Aboriginal housing needs. Working in partnership with the City of Toronto under its "Let's Build" Program, they recently developed an innovative affordable rental apartment building at 20 Sewells Rd. in Toronto. This project, which was completed and occupied in the summer of 2005, provides rent-geared-to-income accommodation for 92 low- and moderate-income single and families. One third of the units provide transitional housing, while the other units provide permanent affordable housing. Half the units are mandated specifically for Aboriginal persons.
WoodGreen Community Services: HOMEWARD BOUND
WoodGreen Community Services
Toronto, Ontario
HOMEWARD BOUND is a ground-breaking project that allows women and children to make a permanent transition out of the shelter system and into a life of economic self-sufficiency. The program exemplifies the power of a holistic and integrated support system by offering intensive career and life-skills training with a focus on computer literacy and business education; housing; childcare, counseling and community integration - all under one roof. The final phase of the program guarantees a job placement within one of HOMEWARD BOUND's Industry Council partners and through WoodGreen's home ownership program, the chance to buy a permanent home.
Pre-fabricated Rooftop Addition to 25 Leonard Street
Levitt Goodman Architects Ltd. and St. Clare's Multifaith Housing
Toronto, Ontario
In 2005/2006, St. Clare's intensified their supportive housing project at 25 Leonard Street in Toronto by adding a fifth and sixth floor, with 26 self-contained 212 square foot bachelor apartments. The new units were pre-manufactured housing modules organized around an exterior landscaped courtyard located on the roof of the existing building. St. Clare's internal subsidy program allows 80 per cent of the tenants to pay a rent equal to the shelter component of welfare. St. Clare's intensification of 25 Leonard Street shows that using manufactured housing is elegant, simple and a cost-effective way to intensify existing social housing.
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