Housing Facts 2020

Homelessness Services

Emergency Shelters There is growing demand on Peel’s shelter system due to Increased chronic and episodic homelessness.

We provide support to individuals who are homeless or at-risk of homelessness through:

• emergency and transitional shelters

• mobile street outreach

• eviction prevention funding

• help to locate permanent housing

We strive to help clients ‘get’ and ‘keep’ housing.

Our shelters include Cawthra, Peel Family Shelter, Wilkinson and Brampton Queen Street Temporary youth shelter.

All shelter residents receive a broad range of supports and services to help stabilize their living situation.

We do not turn anyone away. We have standard overfl ow procedures that ensure anyone in need of shelter receives it. Additional shelters also exist in Peel.

3,955people used Regionally- owned shelters for a total of 11,891 visits

116homeless individuals and families secured housing through Home for Good

193 Individuals stayed in transitional housing

July 1, 2018 to June 30, 2019

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Homelessness Services Extreme Weather ProtocolOur service philosophy is that no one is turned away from our shelters. Even in extreme (cold or hot) weather, if the need arises, and a shelter is full, we have overflow protocols in place to increase the number of beds and/or make use of hotels and motels.

Our mobile outreach team is continually in the community, providing assistance with sleeping bags, clothing, food, help to get to a shelter, and referrals to needed supports.

Extreme weather events are occurring with increasing frequency and as such, in collaboration with our mobile outreach partner, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), we are finalizing an enhanced extreme weather protocol. Extreme Weather Protocol includes: Increase in service hours for the mobile outreach team to provide short-term emergency support to individuals who are street homeless; and implementation of an additional on-call mobile outreach team to meet extenuating circumstances or increased demands.

Implementation of a Weather Alerts Model which provides an update to clients in the event of extreme heat and cold results in an increase in service and available resources. When a cold or hot weather warning is declared by Environment Canada, we implement additional measures:

• Intervene to suspend evictions and bans from accommodation, support and health services, e.g. working with landlords, etc.

• Expand the hours of the mobile outreach team

• Undertake assertive outreach and health screening to support and monitor people who choose to remain unsheltered

• During the hours of 10 a.m. and 10 p.m., work with community partners to provide supports in the following (but not limited to) places:

– Religious halls – Community halls – Homelessness drop-ins – Commercial Businesses – Other “hot spots” known for unsheltered homelessness

If you see someone you are worried about, please call the Outreach hotline at:

1-877-848-8481

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Homelessness Services in PeelIf you require additional information or have specific concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Aileen Baird, Director of Housing and Homelessness Services at extension 1898.

Emergency Shelters

Regionally-Owned/ Funded SheltersAverage length

of stay per visit**

BramptonWilkinson Shelter 94 beds Single Males

3,955 people used Regionally- owned shelters for a totalof 11,891 visits**

6.5

Brampton Queen Street Youth Shelter

40 beds Youth 9.4

Mississauga

Cawthra Shelter 110 bedsSingle Men and Women, Couples 13.3

Peel Family Shelter60 units

(225 beds)***Families 35.8

Our Place Peel 20 beds Youth 23.9

Community Shelters/ Transitional Housing

Brampton Honeychurch Family Life Resource Centre*

Children and Women fleeing Partner Violence

Mississauga

Interim Place I* Women and Children

Interim Place II* Women and Children

Armagh* Women and Children

* Part of the Violence Against Women system funded and administered by the Province.** Between July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019.*** A unit is a room with one or more beds.

Transitional Housing Municipality Regionally-Owned/ Funded Transitional Housing

MississaugaAngela’s Place 20 Units Families

Peel Youth Village 48 Units Youth

Municipality Community Housing

Brampton New Leaf (St. Leonard’s Place) 18 Beds Single Males

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Homelessness Services in Peel Mobile OutreachIn addition to the shelters, the Region of Peel offers Street Outreach. The Street Helpline number is:

1-877-848-8481

The Peel Outreach team is a responsive, mobile, multi-disciplinary team that meets people where they are at, people who are homeless or who feel they may become homeless. The team helps to stabilize them with finding emergency shelter, housing, employment and mental health and addictions supports.

The team works in partnership with community agencies to provide support, advocacy and referrals to help people with their basic needs.

Eviction PreventionWe also offer eviction prevention funding through our Preventing Homelessness in Peel Program. People receive help with condo fees, utility arrears and mortgages (i.e., one-time support) to help them keep their housing.

Home for Good in PeelThe Region partners with community agencies to permanently house homeless individuals in our community and provide supports to ensure they stay housed.

The lives of people with complex needs are being stabilized with Home For Good in Peel. Since 2018, 116 individuals and families placed into stable housing.

As part of the new Peel Housing and Homelessness Plan, we are also transforming our services and supports to better meet our clients’ needs. Our goal is to divert people away from needing shelters.

We are adopting the ‘Housing First’ model. This means we help the hardest-to-house, chronically homeless individuals find permanent housing, and then we design customized supports to help them stay there – again, this is part of our ‘get’ and ‘keep’ housing approach.

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