In October 2024, the City opened 90 Dunn Ave. a four-storey modular housing building with 51 rent-geared-to-income and supportive homes. Dunn House is Canada’s first-ever social medicine supportive housing initiative, delivered through the City of Toronto’s innovative partnership with the University Health Network (UHN) and United Way Greater Toronto (UWGT), in conjunction with the project’s housing provider, Fred Victor.
The new homes are studio apartments with a bathroom and a kitchen, with shared laundry, communal areas, and programming space. The homes will be for people experiencing homelessness who are also UHN patients with high volumes of emergency department visits and in-patient admissions.
The support services model for this site was developed by UHN Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine, the City and its community partners. It is centred on integrating social determinants of health such as housing and food security, into care delivery and partnering with community organizations to improve the quality of care provided to vulnerable and marginalized populations. A range of health and social services are available onsite, and through the partnership with UHN, residents will also be connected to primary care and other health services within the hospital’s Parkdale campus.
Watch this video to learn why supportive housing is so important from the people who live and work there.
If you are in need of housing, call 311 or see Finding Housing.
The City’s Community Liaison remains available to respond to your questions about the project and can be reached at communityliaison@bigideaspace.ca or 437-684-5857.
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