We promote the rights of people with mental
illness to live in the neighbourhood of their choice.
Every person has an equal right to accommodation, free from discrimination on the basis of mental illness, another disability, source of income or any other personal characteristic.
Research, Papers and Reports
Over the years HomeComing has developed a collection of resources from various sources that address many of the key issues related to supportive housing. Explore the categories below to learn more about supportive housing:
Recent Items
Toronto City Council passed its amalgamated zoning by-law on August 27th –but the Ontario Human Rights Commission calls for changes.
“Using by-laws to keep some people out of neighbourhoods is wrong,” said Ontario Human Rights Commissioner Barbara Hall.
A landmark OMB decision says the City of Kitchener’s Cedar Hill By-law did not give due consideration to the human rights of vulnerable people.
ACT (Affordability and Choice Today) has just published Housing In My Backyard: A Municipal Guide for Responding to NIMBY. The guide offers practical advice and case studies from across Canada, including Ontario’s groundbreaking human rights work.
The City has committed itself to a Housing Charter. The City’s new amalgamated zoning by-law is one place to put that commitment into action. Read the Ontario Human Rights Commission’s comments.
The OHRC affirms that “people or groups identified under the Code should not have to ask permission form prospective neighbours before moving into a neighbourhood.”
Toronto Housing Charter says all residents should “be able to live in the neighbourhood of choice without discrimination.”
Studies from the University of Calgary and the City of Calgary show affordable and non-market housing has “little or no” impact on surrounding property values.
Furman Centre for Real Estate and Urban Policy 2008 study of 123 supportive housing developments.
Balancing Supportive Housing with Civic Engagement, University of Toronto, a paper by Jordana Ross.
ONPHA releases research on new inclusionary zoning policy.
The Dream Team and University of Toronto release a new study on the impacts of supportive housing in Toronto.
