District of Parry Sound
Social Services Administration Board
Social Services Administration Board
Housing and Homelessness
District of Parry Sound
Plan Update
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2019
Plan Update
2019
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Housing and Homelessness
Who Are We? ........................................................................................................................... 3
A demographic and socioeconomic review of the District of Parry Sound
including a comprehensive look at housing make up, populaon break down and
median income.
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A review of the housing spectrum and current opons and challenges within the
District of Parry Sound. Including informaon pertaining to Community Housing
waitlists, Aordable Housing programs and home ownership opons.
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A review of the priories outlined in the District of Parry Sound Social Services
Administraon Board 10 Year Housing & Homelessness Plan 2013.
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A review of the past ve years regarding community engagement and
programming delivered.
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An overview of enumeraon data compiled during the 2018 enumeraon of the
Parry Sound District homelessness populaon. Including charts and infographics
showcasing key data collected.
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A review of the plan update process, including notes from consultaons with
public, community service providers and municipalies.
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Updated priories including outcomes and plans for the future.
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CONTENTS
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District of Parry Sound
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The District of Parry Sound is a proud part of Northeastern Ontario. The District sits on the
eastern shore of Georgian Bay and is surrounded by Muskoka to the south, Nipissing to the
northeast, and Sudbury and Manitoulin to the northwest. The District covers 9,326 square
kilometers and has a populaon of 42,824 people. It accounts for 3.4% of Northeastern Ontario’s
area and 7.8% of its populaon. The District has a populaon density of 4.6 people per square
kilometer which is higher than Northeastern Ontario at 2.0 but signicantly lower than the
Province of Ontario at 14.8.
WHO ARE WE?
The District is made up of 22 municipalies, two unincorporated areas, and six First Naons
communies. At the sub-district level, we dene our district as East Parry Sound and West Parry
Sound. The following chart shows the community break down:
Towns
Municipalities
Townships
Villages
West Parry SoundEast Parry Sound
Town of Kearney
Town of Parry Sound
Burks Falls, South River
Sundridge
Powassan, Callander, Magnetawan
McDougall, Whitestone
Carling, Seguin
McKellar, Archipelago
Perry, Armour, Ryerson Strong
Joly , Machar, Nipissing
McMurrich/Monteith
N/A
From 2011-2016 we saw a populaon growth of 1.6% or 622 people. The District of Parry Sound
is largely made up of small rural communies, where access to grocery stores, community
centres, health care, etc. pose challenges, including a requirement for reliable transportaon.
As Figure 1 indicates: Within the District of Parry Sound
children aged 0-14 make up 12% of the total populaon,
while youth aged 15-24 make up only 9%. The core
workers aged 25-64 make up 52% and seniors aged 65+
make up 27%. It is interesng to note that the number
of seniors is greater than the number of children and
youth combined. Our dependency rao, indicang
the amount of pressure on the producve part of the
populaon (aged 15-64) is 64 which is high compared to
Northeastern Ontario at 56 and the Province of Ontario
at 50
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District of Parry Sound Demographic & Socioeconomic Prole
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The District of Parry Sound is unique in that
we have a declining children, youth and core
working age populaon. Populaon projecons
from 2017-2031 propose that our children aged
0-14 will decline by 3.7%, youth aged 15-24 will
decline by 14% and our core working age 25-
64 will decline by 15%. Within the same period
of me, we can expect our senior’s populaon
(aged 65+) to grow by 40.2%
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. Figure 2 provides
a visual representaon of our projected
populaon.
The District of Parry Sound has a
high proporon of single-detached
dwellings at 89.5% compared
to the Province of Ontario at
62.4%. The high number of single-
detached dwellings compounds
housing challenges within the
District. Our housing opons are
limited with very few apartments
making up a mere 5.2% of housing
stock or other housing opons
(including semi-detached houses,
duplexes, row housing, movable dwellings or
other single-aached houses) making up 5.4%
of housing stock. The poron of the populaon
who are able to secure a place to live, on rental
or ownership basis, face the challenges of
aordability and over housing.
Of parcular concern are single individuals,
living alone, and lone parent families, who have
limited incomes, and make up 35.6% of family
households in the District. From 2011-2016
lone parent families have increased by 33.9%
and single individuals have increased by 5.8%.
These two demographics are at higher risk of
facing housing and homelessness challenges
given the income available, the cost of renng
or purchasing within the District, and the limited
number of units that are appropriately sized.
The median income within the District of Parry
Sound is $30,313 compared to the Province of
Ontario at $33,539. Five municipalies within
the District have median incomes above the
Province, the remaining areas fall below the
provincial median down to a minimum of
$21,458 in the Village of South River. According
to 2016 census data, 15.1% of the populaon in
the District of Parry Sound are living with income
below the Low Income Measure Aer Tax (LIM-
AT). This is slightly higher than the province
at 14.4%. The following is a breakdown of age
groups falling below the low
income measure- aer tax.
6% are children
aged 0-5,
12.5% are youth
aged 6-17,
58% are between
the ages of 18-64,
23.3% are seniors
aged 65+
The District of Parry Sound
has a large proporon of
homeowners at 83% compared to the Ontario
average of 70%. Both renter and owner
households within the District face challenges
of nding suitable and aordable housing
opons. Our rental stock is extremely limited
with low vacancy rates and most units being
lled long before an ad ends up in a community
newspaper. Our real estate market does not
oer many aordable homes for purchase with
the median sale price for a non-waterfront
property sing at $343,000 in January 2019
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According to the 2016 census, 23.5% of the
total households in the District are spending
more than the aordability standard (30% of
the total household income) on shelter costs. In
the rental market, 47% of renters are spending
30% or more on shelter costs, whereas 18.6%
of homeowners are spending more than the
aordable standard.
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Housing Market Stats: Lakelands Association of Realtors
WHO ARE WE? cont’d
Figure 2
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Ontario Ministry of Finance, Ontario Polulation Projections
Update, 2016-2041
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HOUSING AFFORDABILITY & AVAILABILITY
Rent Geared to Income Housing & Waitlists
Within the District of Parry Sound, our 2016 census data indicates that 16.1% of rental
households are in subsidized
housing. The District of Parry Sound
Social Services Administraon
Board (DSSAB) owns and operates
209 rent geared to income (RGI)
Community Housing units across
the District known as the Local
Housing Corporaon (LHC). These
units provide a mixture of senior
apartments, single individual
apartments, and family duplexes. The
waing list for RGI housing has maintained steady since 2014 and is listed above.
Households
on Waitlist
Applications
Received
People
Housed
418 340* 406 408 405
152 121 140 112 124
30 35 33 20 28
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
*2015’s drop in waitlist numbers resulted from the removal of our
Housing Provider’s market rent waitlist o the centralized waitlist.
Waitlists are broken down per building with some experiencing longer wait mes. For example, we
have one building in Parry Sound for non-senior, single individuals. The current wait me for a unit
in this building is 18 years.
Our senior building in Parry
Sound sits at an average
three years wait me. The
following chart indicates
the average wait me
based on the demographics
and locaon of the people
within the District.
Single
Individuals
Seniors
Families
West Parry Sound 18 years
East Parry Sound 6 Years
West Parry Sound 3 years
East Parry Sound less than 1 year
West Parry Sound 7 years
East Parry Sound 7 Years
Demographic Location Average Wait Time
The chronological wait list is aected by our
special priority applicants. The DSSAB, in
accordance with the Housing Services Act,
oers a special priority to vicms eeing
domesc violence and vicms and survivors
of human tracking. When special priority
applicants apply and receive approval, they are
automacally given priority status and moved
to the top of the list. The strategy to support
the housing needs of special priority applicants
is necessary to ensure the safety and wellbeing
of our clients.
In order to help bridge the gap for people on
our waing list, we have 30 housing allowances
available. These are monthly cheques wrien
to the client to be put toward their housing
costs. Housing allowances are $225 monthly
and up unl 2015, we had 15 housing
allowances total. We were able to ulize
Investments in Aordable Housing-Extension
(IAH-E) year two funding to raise the number
of housing allowances to 30. Unfortunately,
these housing allowances are coming to an
end in 2022 when aordability will become
more challenging for these 30 recipients.
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In addion to our LHC’s RGI housing porolio,
we provide funding for three non-prot housing
providers in accordance with ongoing operang
agreements. The three housing providers are:
Parry Sound Non-Prot Housing Corporaon,
Georgian Bay Nave Non-Prot Homes
Incorporated and Golden Sunshine Municipal
Non-Prot. We maintain waitlist management
including special priority and determine RGI
eligibility for two of the three non-prots.
Combined, these housing providers’ oer 98
RGI homes and 37 market homes to people in
the District.
Our partnerships with these non-prot housing
providers are based on ongoing operang
agreements. As these agreements expire, our
non-prot housing providers may be able to
raise their rents and move into the private
rental market. We have experienced one
federal project operang agreement expire.
Addionally, we have one provider at the end
of their mortgage, who, at this me has signed
a three year agreement to connue operang
within the Community Housing porolio. The
release of the Canada-Ontario Community
Housing Iniave (COCHI), has provided
addional opons for the connuaon within
the RGI community housing porolio for
our non-prots. We intend to use our COCHI
allocaon to protect tenants in projects with
expiring operang agreements to stabilize the
supply of units through funding repairs and
renovaons to help demonstrate long term
sustainability of the building. Housing Providers
who agree to ulize the COCHI funding will be
required to enter into an agreement with the
Parry Sound DSSAB to remain as social housing
under the Housing Services Act (HSA) 2011 for
ten years from the compleon of the work.
Food Security Programs
We do have a number of foodbanks located
across the District. These foodbanks support
clients year round and operate, largely in part,
thanks to donaons and volunteers. The chart
indicates the foodbank usage over the past three
years, broken down to indicate demographic age.
As you can see, our numbers have drascally
increased from 2016 to 2018. These numbers
reect a 53% increase in foodbank usage.
Children
Adults
Seniors (65+)
Community Meals*
Total
6,135 11,369 12,260
10,520 14,971 19,130
1,197 1,804 2,341
N/A N/A 1,395
17,852 28,144 33,731
2016 2017 2018
*As of 2018, Community Meals began being tracked numerically.
The Housing Spectrum
The housing spectrum provides a visual representaon of the necessary housing opons to
support our clients. It recognizes that individuals and families have varying opportunies to
establish themselves in safe, aordable and secure housing. The spectrum serves as a useful tool
for measuring the areas in which we are lacking housing opons district wide.
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Emergency Transitional Supportive Community Private Rental Home
– Crisis Housing Housing Housing Housing Ownership
hotels/motels,
out of the
cold, shelters,
hostels, detox
treatment
Second
stage
housing
group homes
or supports
within own
home
aordable
housing,
RGI,
non-prot
subsidized
and market
rental
homes
mortgages,
houses,
condos
Emergency- Crisis
Under the emergency-crisis tab we have limited
opons. The usage of hotels/motels in the
area is possible during the late fall, winter and
early spring only, due to our busy tourist and
construcon season. The OPP, Canadian Mental
Health Associaon- Muskoka Parry Sound
(CMHA-MPS) and our homelessness prevenon
team oer hotel/motel stays to crisis clients in
some situaons. We do not have any hostels or
out of the cold programs operang currently.
The District of Parry Sound does have a 10 bed
women’s shelter to support women and children
eeing from domesc violence. The following
Shelter Admissions 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Women 129 103 129 131 132 157
Children 29 10 67 79 71 37
Number of crisis/ 363 349 443 321 376 334
support calls
Transitional Housing
Transional housing within the District is severely lacking. There are very few opons for people
aempng to transion out of emergency/crisis shelters, hospitals and other provincially funded
instuons. People who are able to secure a unit are oen unable to secure the supports they
need to be successful. Access to necessary supports oen include applicaons and waitlists. The
me-lapse while waing for access to services can lead to evicons, legal trouble and people
experiencing homelessness.
chart indicates the demand usage on the shelter
from 2013-2018.
We have seen a signicant jump in shelter usage
over the past six years. The average number of
women accessing the shelter annually from
2009-2012 was 91, comparavely, the average
number of women accessing the shelter from
2013-2018 was 130. Reecng a 43% increase
in admissions. From 2013-2018 our shelter
stascs have shown that 57% of admissions
were related to women and children eeing
domesc violence situaons, the remaining
43% were housing crisis situaons.
The Housing Spectrum cont’d
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Bachelor One Bedroom Two Bedroom Three Bedroom
Average Market Rent $809 $899 $992 $1,181
Aordable Rent $647 $719 $793 $944
Average Market Rent $933 $1,025 $1,112 $1,312
Aordable Rent $746 $820 $889 $1,049
Unfortunately, even the aordable homes are oen out of reach for people on Ontario Works,
Ontario Disability Support Program or working minimum wage jobs who can aord $219.90,
$340.80 or $637.00 respecvely.
Private Rental Housing
The private rental housing market within the District is small with low vacancy rates. Private rental
units are oen rented before an ad is posted publically. The creaon of aordable housing projects
within the District has added new market units. As well, since 2005 these aordable housing projects
have introduced 111 market rental homes. As an addional resource we oer housing allowances
and rent supplements. Housing allowances, as previously menoned, is a $225 cheque paid to
the client monthly to help with housing aordability. Addionally, we oer rent supplements. This
program is limited to a dollar value annually which on average provides 20 clients with a rent
supplement. Rent supplements are cheques paid directly to the landlord for a poron of the rental
costs, with the remaining costs to be paid by the tenant. Our rent supplement program ends in
2023.
Supportive Housing
The District of Parry Sound has supporve
housing units operated by The Friends. These
units maintain ongoing waitlists and provide a
combinaon of rent geared to income and long
term health care supports necessary for clients
to succeed. Addionally there are a number of
rerement homes oering supporve housing to
seniors.
According to our local service providers,
supporve housing in the Parry Sound District is
also oered by providing supports within private
market homes. Clients in the community who
require supports from community agencies are
living in private apartments or homes, while the
agencies provide the services on an ongoing
basis. In addion to at home support services,
the District has three long term care facilies,
however, these facilies have lengthy waitlists.
Community Housing
Social and aordable housing within the
District of Parry Sound are incredibly limited. As
previously explained, our RGI housing porolio
has waing lists, with mes extending over
mulple years. Aordable housing projects
have assisted in increasing housing stock within
our communies, however, these units oen
do not promote movement within our RGI
housing waitlists. Since 2007 we have added
69 aordable homes to the rental market with
an addional 14 units being completed in the
2019 year. The aordable home rental costs are
set at 20% below average market rent. Average
market rent is determined by the DSSAB. The
chart below indicates the 2019 average market
and aordable rental amounts based on their
locaon within the District. These rental
amounts are inclusive of heat and hydro costs.
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$25,480 $58,794 $337.00 $300.00 $637.00
$50,960 $166,336 $974.00 $300.00 $1,274.00
$32,760 $90,526 $519.00 $300.00 $819.00
$65,520 $221,521 $1,338.00 $300.00 $1,638.00
$36,400 $100,992 $610.00 $300.00 $910.00
$72,800 $251,654 $1,520.00 $300.00 $1,820.00
Developed with the Bank of Montreal Aordable Mortgage Calculator
Home Ownership
On the home ownership end of the spectrum there are very few aordable opons available. Our
real estate market includes many high end homes and coages located on waterfront lots. The few
modest homes that are available are oen purchased quickly. As previously indicated the median
sale price of non-waterfront property is $343,000 as of January 2019. This price is unaainable for
people earning median income within the District. The following chart depicts the aordable house
purchase price linked to various incomes and household composions. These numbers are based
on a 5% down payment, 25 year amorzaon and an interest rate of 4.99%. We have included a
column of addional housing costs per month to include heang, hydro and property taxes.
As menoned, the District of Parry Sound median income is $30,313. When considered for an
individual working 35 hours per week this is an hourly wage of $16.65. As the chart above indicates,
for the 50% of the District whose income falls below the median income, home ownership is simple
out of the aordable range. Furthermore, many people who are earning income above the District’s
median income are unable to aordably support a mortgage of $343,000. The necessary household
income to support a house with the median purchase price for the District ($343,000) is $91,000.
This income breaks down into a full me hourly wage of $50.00 for a single individual or a couple
household each earning a full me wage of $25.00 hourly. According to our 2016 census data,
only 29% of the total households within the District of Parry Sound earn the necessary income to
purchase a home at the median house price of $343,000.
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Housing and Homelessness
HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS PLAN 2013
The District of Parry Sound’s rst Housing and Homelessness Plan, in 2013, indicated the housing
needs within the District. These priories have helped inform programming decisions and sta
resources over the last ve years. We have ulized these priories to foster community collaboraons
where possible. The document outlined the following three priories:
These priories have provided an excellent starng point for our area and have encouraged
collaboraons and informaon sharing to provide beer housing and homelessness support to our
communies.
In 2015 our Homelessness Prevenon
team was working with a young
family, struggling without a place to
live. Through the connecons built
within our H.O.M.E Network we were
able to connect the young family with
a local landlord who happened to
have a vacant home. The speed with
which the family was able to move
into their home was created due to
a connecon formed at our H.O.M.E
Network meeng.
Municipal Engagement & H.O.M.E
Network Development
We reached out to each of our 22
municipalies to provide one on one
presentaons to dene and outline our
Housing & Homelessness Plan priories. This
opportunity allowed a chance to clarify how
housing and homelessness issues are present
in all communies, regardless of how remote
or rural the community may seem. We
provided a copy of the Ministry of Municipal
Aairs and Housing’s Municipal Tools for
Aordable Housing document to each of our
municipalies in an aempt to encourage
the creaon of aordable units District wide.
In addion, we oered a training opportunity
for municipal sta and council to meet with
Ministry sta to learn about praccal aordable
soluons for rural communies.
Through this connecon with our municipalies
we have developed our H.O.M.E (Homelessness
Objecves Maximizing Eorts) Network. This
network began as an opportunity to engage the
District of Parry Sound community partners to
create housing opportunies for people that
foster independence and enable parcipaon in
WHAT WE HAVE DONE:
the community
and economy.
It has grown to
include many
community
partners
including, but
not limited to,
the Near North
District School
Board, Canada
Mortgage
and Housing
Corporaon, the West Parry Sound Health Centre,
municipal Council and sta and local non-prot
landlords. The H.O.M.E network meets three
mes annually to discuss housing needs, idenfy
and determine soluons to housing crisis and
explore collaboraon between service providers.
We are able to ulize the H.O.M.E Network as
the original sharing opportunity for our annual
Housing and Homelessness Plan reports. These
reports are created in the spring and are available
to the public through our external website or
upon request at our local municipalies or DSSAB
oces.
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Broad Range Community Collaborations
In addion to our H.O.M.E Network, the District
of Parry Sound Social Services Administraon
Board sta parcipate in many cross sectoral
networks and planning tables. The Health and
Social Services Network is a group of health and
social service professionals who are working on
issues that aect both disciplines within the
catchment area of the West Parry Sound Health
Centre (WPSHC). This network has created a
dialogue between service providers to share
support, ideas and soluons to the challenges
in the Parry Sound District.
Through the use of community collaboraons
and networks we have developed relaonships
with service providers that otherwise would
not be possible. The District of Parry Sound
Social Services Administraon Board and
Canadian Mental Health Associaon: Muskoka
Parry Sound (CMHA-MPS) have demonstrated
an ongoing working relaonship over the past
ve years. Both organizaons have worked
diligently and collaboravely to help support
our collecve clients. In 2018 we commenced a
pilot project called Home for Good which adds
a transional support worker from CMHA-MPS
into Community Housing. The pilot program is
intended to lessen landlord/tenant complaints,
reduce tenant turnover, increase parcipaon
in employment or volunteering and decrease
police/EMS calls to our buildings.
Home for Good has provided our Homelessness
Prevenon Program with four addional
housing allowances. These housing allowances
are limited to clients who are receiving ongoing
services from CMHA-MPS sta.
A second outcome of our working relaonship
with community partners is the development
of the Road to Recovery home. This transional
supporve home has helped to support
CMHA-MPS clients who are transioning from
provincially funded instuons. The project
is a partnership agreement combining a four
bedroom home owned by the DSSAB and support
services from CMHA-MPS, to support clients on
their transion from hospital or other provincially
funded instuon, back into the community.
The home was renovated from a family home
to provide living space for four individuals who
are transioning back into the community. The
clients will receive ongoing supports from CMHA-
MPS sta to make the transion as smooth as
possible.
West Parry Sound community partners have
developed a Situaonal Table, ocially named
the IMPACT (Interagency Mobilizaon of Partners
Achieving Collaboraon Table) group. In 2018, the
West Parry Sound Health Centre took a leadership
role in the creaon and implementaon of this
group. The IMPACT group worked closely on
approximately 10 cases in the 2018 year. Cases are
idened by meeng predetermined criteria for
Acutely Elevated Risk. Once cases are idened,
all agencies meet where impersonal details of the
case are presented to the group and the required
agencies for support are idened. From this
point the required agencies meet to discuss
the details and determine an intervenon. This
table has proven as an excellent resource for
collaboraon. Some of the key agencies involved
are CMHA-MPS, Hands, Children’s Aid Society,
Community Paramedicine, Parry Sound High
School, WPSHC, OPP and more.
Developmental Services Ontario (DSO) provided
informaon through our consultaon process
to outline the challenges clients are facing in
the District of Parry Sound. Many adults with
developmental disabilies aged 30 and older are
living with their parents because they do not have
the resources or community supports necessary
to live in their own homes. Their families oen
have unsustainable responsibilies, are draining
their life savings and are experiencing burn-
out. This lack of access to housing and the
necessary supports results in many adults with
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Housing and Homelessness
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
At Risk of Homelessness 506 511 422 581 474
Experiencing Homelessness 39 42 61 81 71
Total 545 553 483 662 545
developmental disabilies, under the age of 65, living in hospitals, nursing homes or long-term
care facilies. In the District of Parry Sound, at the me of consultaons, there were 75 adults with
developmental disabilies on the wait list for housing and housing supports.
Community Living Parry Sound sta and clients are making the change from group home sengs
to supporng their clients living independently in the private market. This change has led
to an excess building in the Town of Parry Sound. The District of Parry Sound Social Services
Administraon Board has taken ownership of the building. It has recently undergone renovaons
and provides two RGI units, two market rental units, and two transional housing units. The
transional units are being occupied by clients of our Homelessness Prevenon Program and
Esprit Place. The transional units are fully furnished apartment suitable for two people (either
a small family or two individuals). The temporary tenants are required to work closely with our
Community Relaons Workers (CRW) to connect with community services best suited to specic
needs. Clients ulizing these units will be required to maintain weekly appointments with CRWs
to set goals and look for long-term sustainable housing. These units will provide the clients with
the stability necessary to empower individuals to move forward into the housing market.
Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative (CHPI)
Within the DSSAB our sta are working towards full integraon of our human services delivery.
In operang Community Homelessness Prevenon Iniave (CHPI) our Homelessness Prevenon
Program, Esprit Place Women’s Shelter and Ontario Works departments work closely to support
clients in need through integrated partnerships. The following chart outlines the number of
people assisted through our CHPI program from 2014-2018.
CHPI funding is used to provide assistance to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. CHPI
provides supports in terms of accommodaon support, moving expenses, transportaon, and
much more.
We also ulize CHPI funding to provide short term housing allowances. The short term housing
allowance program is used to bridge the gap between clients receiving Ontario Disability Support
Program (ODSP), returning to work or to maintain current housing unl a more sustainable situaon
is achieved. These short term housing allowances provide assistance valued at a maximum of $400
for up to six months. This program requires that the client will be returning to a sustainable housing
situaon following the term of the housing allowance.
Broad Range Community Collaborations cont’d
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Aordable Housing Programs
Our Aordable Housing Program began in 2005 and has produced several homes district wide. The
following chart shows a breakdown of the units created from 2005 to present day. These units,
created using provincially and federally funded programs, have a minimum 20 year aordability
period in which landlords are required to maintain rent at 20% below average market rent.
Aordable units are created in an aempt to assist people indicated within our 2013 Housing and
Homelessness Plan priories (single individuals, lone parent families, persons with disabilies and
seniors). Since 2005 our aordable housing projects have created 111 market units in addion to
the 83 aordable units added to the housing spectrum. The following chart indicates the unit style,
locaon and aordability period of our aordable housing projects to date.
Project Name Location Funding Stream # of Units Unit Type Aordability Period
Northern Gate Parry Sound Strong Start 20 Bachelor, 2007-2027
Program 1 & 2 Bedroom
Northern Gate Parry Sound Wave 1 & 2 Bachelor & 2007-2027
Phase 2 Supportive 1 Bedroom
Almaguin Highlands Powassan Wave 1 & 4 1 Bedroom 2010-2030
Community Living Supportive
James Street Parry Sound AHP-E 6 1 & 2 Bedroom 2010-2030
Apartments
Seguin Place Inc. Seguin AHP-E 10 1 & 2 Bedroom 2011-2031
West Estates Powassan AHP-E 5 1 Bedroom 2011-2031
Sound Parry Sound IAH-E 10 Bachelor 2017-2042
Community Hub
Callander Bay Callander SIF 6 Bachelor & 2018-2038
1 Bedroom
Community Hub Parry Sound IAH-E 6 Bachelor 2019-2049
Extension
Almaguin Manor Burk’s Falls IAH-E & SIF 6 1 Bedroom 2019-2039
Ansley Street Parry Sound SIF 8 1 & 2 Bedroom 2020-2040
Aordable Housing Projects: The Sound Community Hub Project & Callander Bay
The aordable units play an important part within the housing spectrum and certainly do help
many people who are able to nd full me work. However, clients on Ontario Works or those who
are only able to nd seasonal, part me or casual work are unable to aord the ministry dened
“aordable” units.
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Housing and Homelessness
Ontario Renovates & Home Ownership
10.5% of the homes within the District of
Parry Sound are requiring major repair. Many
home owners within the District require
assistance in order to remain in their homes.
We have completed 122 Ontario Renovates
loans to assist home owners with repairs
such as window replacement, heang
system repair and helping to make homes
more energy ecient. We currently have 94
acve Ontario Renovates cases which have
assisted in keeping people housed in safe and
appropriate homes.
In addion to single home Ontario Renovates
projects, we have undertaken a mul-unit
Ontario Renovates project. This project works
with a local rooming house who provides
transional and long-term units to people
who have very limited income. The project, to
replace siding, re doors, ooring, electrical
plugs and switches and bathtubs, provided
necessary upgrades to the rooming house.
This Ontario Renovates collaboraon has been
a step forward to assist clients within the
home. We are using our connecons to work
with community partners and encouraging
collaboraon and supports for the tenants
within the building. The long term goal is to
ensure that supports are being provided to
clients who so drascally need them, while
assisng the landlord to ensure the home is
safe and secure.
We have completed 22 Home Ownership
agreements with 16 remaining acve. This
program has helped to provide down payment
assistance to rst me home buyers entering
the housing market. This assistance provided
many people within the District, who otherwise
would have been unable to purchase a home,
the ability to do so. This program alleviates
stress o the rental market by encouraging
movement along the housing spectrum for
those who are able.
Social Housing Improvement Program & Social Housing Electricity Eciency Program
The introducon of the Social Housing
Improvement Program (SHIP) and Social Housing
Electricity Eciency Program (SHEEP) provided
to opportunity to complete some much needed
repairs and upgrades to our social housing units.
Our SHIP allocaon of $309,035.00 was
divided among Parry Sound Non-Prot Housing
Corporaon, Georgian Bay Nave Non Prot
Homes Incorporated and the Parry Sound District
Housing Corporaon. The funding was ulized
to assist in repair to exisng social housing
for energy eciencies, replacing kitchen and
bathroom facilies and improving parking facilies
and walkways. The acceptance of SHIP funding
required the updated units to connue to operate
as Social Housing under the Housing Services Act
(HSA) 2011 for a minimum of 10 years from the
compleon of the work.
Social Housing Electricity Eciency Program
(SHEEP) provided upgrades to two units within
Georgian Bay Nave Non-Prot Homes porolio.
The units received siding, insulaon and window
replacement with the goal of making the homes
more energy ecient. The project received
$28,806.00 for the upgrades. This program also
required that the units aected connue to
operate as Social Housing under the Housing
Services Act (HSA) 2011 for a minimum of 10 years
from the compleon of the work.
Ontario Works Caseloads
From 2010-2019 our Ontario Works caseload has averaged at 833 cases. In absolute numbers we
have seen an increase of 25% over the same period from 669 cases in 2010 to 838 cases in 2019. A
comprehensive look at our caseload shows a high concentraon of lone parent families, which aligns
closely with our Housing and Homelessness Plan priority indicang that lone parent families are at a high
risk of homelessness. We have seen an increase in the average amount of me spent on Ontario Works
from 18 months in 2014 to 27 months in 2018.
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LET’S MAKE IT COUNT: ENUMERATION 2018
In the spring 2018 the District of Parry Sound
Social Services Administraon Board took
part in our rst Homelessness Enumeraon.
This enumeraon was used to measure the
number of people at risk of and experiencing
homelessness district wide. The informaon
collected helped to enhance our understanding
of the scale and nature of housing challenges,
while furthering our priority of creang a
central database of aordable housing needs
and homelessness risks.
The results of our enumeraon met many of
our expectaons, including the issues of hidden
homelessness, couch surng and mental health
challenges. We noced some new trends during
the process that will help develop our housing
and homelessness priories moving forward.
The outcome of our enumeraon developed
two sets of data, one outlining the total
enumeraon results, including anyone who was
at risk of, or absolutely homeless. The second
set of data is limited to those experiencing
absolute homelessness. Both data sets provide
insight into the issues and challenges people
face within the District of Parry Sound.
The rst secon of our results provides an
understanding of our enre enumeraon
dataset (203 total respondents). It is important
to note that these results include those “at-risk
of homelessness” as well as those experiencing
homelessness. The following info-graph, gure
3, shows the age breakdown of all respondents.
The District of Parry Sound had a high number
of respondents aged 16-19. These youth and
young adults face addional challenges nding
adequate and aordable housing due to lack
of programs and services and a reluctance of
landlords to rent to this age group.
Lone parent families face addional challenges
within the District of Parry Sound because the
cost to rent homes or apartments large enough
to support a family are oen out of the aordable
price range. Our census demographics indicate
a higher number single mothers over single
fathers which aligns with our enumeraon data
(16 single mothers and 4 single fathers).
It is interesng to note that the census data
for the District of Parry Sound show a higher
proporon of seniors within our populaon.
However, our enumeraon data highlights
the younger generaon as struggling with
maintaining or having access to a home.
According to our enumeraon data 6% of our
total respondents were over the age of 65.
Just over half of our respondents idened
as being indigenous or having an indigenous
ancestry background. Most of these respondents
were surveyed in Parry Sound, which is our
largest urban area. The Parry Sound Friendship
Centre was a major partner with the Parry Sound
DSSAB on the enumeraon. They held a dinner
event to start enumeraon and connued all
week to host various events and programs.
This partnership furthered our knowledge and
understanding of the Indigenous housing and
homelessness challenges in the District.
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Housing and Homelessness
The following secon refers to the enumeraon dataset of those experiencing absolute
homelessness. Of our total respondents (203) we had 108 people indicate that they were staying
somewhere other than in their own home or apartment. Figure 4 indicates the age breakdown
of our absolute homeless populaon. The age of this group is weighted heavily toward youth
and young adults. As menoned earlier, within the District, the majority (87%) of our homes are
detached family dwellings. Our youth and young adults oen require aordable bachelor and
one bedroom units, which are in short supply. Hidden homelessness and couch surng within
the District pose an addional challenge in the ght against homelessness. 64% of our absolute
homelessness respondents indicated that they were staying with someone else, or couch surng.
Our enumeraon results indicated that mental health and
addion issues are underlying in many cases. 56% of the
absolute homelessness respondents indicated that they
have mental health issues, 47% idened as struggling with
addions. 37% of our absolute homelessness respondents
indicated struggling with addicons and mental health
challenges as indicated in Figure 5.
36% of our respondents have experienced homelessness
three or more mes in the last year. This ongoing cycle of chronic homelessness is a reality for
many of our clients within the District of Parry Sound.
17% of our absolute homeless respondents indicated that they had
children staying with them. Some families would be able to access the
Esprit Place Women’s shelter for women and children eeing domesc
violence. Otherwise, people experiencing homelessness face addional
challenges of nding a place for their family to stay. Couch surng and
staying with friends becomes less likely as the size of the family increases.
LET’S MAKE IT COUNT: ENUMERATION 2018 cont’d
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One individual with lived
experience of homelessness
told the story of sleeping in her
vehicle in the Walmart parking
lot during the winter months and
ulizing the local gym showers
for $5.00 per day. She lived
this way for two weeks before
accessing services of Esprit Place
Targeted Focus Groups
Consultaons with Community Service Providers
Through the consultaon process we met with community partners’ district wide. The purpose
of these focus groups was to idenfy the housing related needs and challenges faced by our
community partners as they provide services to their specic client needs.
The following is a brief list of some of the commonly idened challenges:
Lack of housing, including market and aordable homes;
Need for more community supports for clients;
Limited housing for marginalized people, especially those with mental health and addicons;
Lack of transportaon;
Need for emergency men’s shelter;
Precarious employment, including seasonal and part me opportunies.
One posive outcome from these focus groups was the informaon sharing and connecons
that were made through these meengs.
Consultaons with People with Lived Experience of
Homelessness
Our consultaons with people with lived experience
of homelessness was incredibly eye opening. Through
connecons with the Homelessness Prevenon Team we
were able to put together a small group of individuals,
on the east and west side of the district, who had vastly
dierent experiences. We heard stories of injuries leading
to inability to work, housing evicons causing families to
live in hotels while looking for suitable housing opons
and vicms of domesc violence who worked their way
HOUSING & HOMELESSNESS PLAN UPDATE PROCESS
The ve year update to our 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Plan has provided an opportunity
for the DSSAB to reengage the broader community in assessing local needs and priories and to
idenfy potenal strategies to reduce housing and homelessness.
Housing & Homelessness Plan Update Forum
We began our consultaon process in the fall of 2018 with a Housing and Homelessness Plan
Update Forum. We ulized this opportunity to explain where we started with our housing and
homelessness plan, in 2014, and what we have accomplished thus far-including the results of our
homelessness enumeraon completed in spring 2018. This forum conrmed the following:
Community’s investment in reducing homelessness and searching innovang housing
soluons;
Rearmed commitment to our H.O.M.E Network;
Previous priories of the needs of single individuals, lone parent families and low income
seniors are sll valid;
Agreed that the housing and homelessness needs of the youth and indigenous populaon
should be added to priories.
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Housing and Homelessness
Once you do become housed,
you start geng calls at 11pm
from friends who are homeless,
asking if they can stay with you
because there is such a need
for housing
from Esprit Place Women’s Shelter into eventual Community Housing. These stories oered a clear
picture into the challenges people face when homeless or at risk of homelessness such as:
Finding medical and mental health supports (no walk-in clinics, long wait mes in ER, lack of
doctors, limited mental health supports);
High cost of living in a tourist focused area (housing, food, transportaon);
Diculty in navigang government programs;
Need for a family and men’s shelter;
Individuals being discharged from treatment facilies
without a plan in place for where they are to go;
Lack of community programs for our young adults;
Increase in drug and alcohol related issues;
Landlords not wanng to rent to local individuals, instead
hoping to rent to out of town people at a higher rent,
parcipants felt a high level of disrespect and disregard
for their wellbeing, safety and security by their landlords.
PRIORITIES, OUTCOMES & GOALS
Our consultaons, homelessness enumeraon and updated demographic informaon, have
conrmed that our rst two priories from 2015 are sll valid and as important as ever. We have
added youth and indigenous to our rst priority as target populaons because of the data from our
enumeraon. The following are our three updated priories for 2019-2024:
Over the next ve years we intend to be proacve in applying for funding when eligible, and will
connue to think innovavely for housing soluons. We will connue to work with our community
service providers to share informaon and provide supports when necessary.
This plan is a living document that we will connue to evaluate, update and support, as our needs
change. The following outcomes further dene our three priories by providing targets and acons
that showcase how we intend to move forward over the next ve years. We are condent that
the compleon of these tasks will lead to strong housing soluons for those most in need within
the District of Parry Sound. These outcomes will provide direcon regarding our priories and will
determine best pracces and guidelines for the next ve years.
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Focus on creang
transional units within
the District to support
chronically homeless people.
These units will assist clients
in building the necessary
skills for maintaining housing
and building connecons
with services including
LHIN-funded services.
Enumeraon 2018 idened
that our chronically
homeless populaon require
access to services to remain
housed.
We currently have two
transional units.
Ulized by Esprit Place
Women’s Shelter and our
Homelessness Prevenon
team.
Provide clients an
opportunity to build skills
and connecons with local
services before moving into
the housing market.
Our target is to increase our
transional housing porolio,
through creave usage of
available funding, by one unit
per year over the next ve
years.
We will connue to work
toward ulizing a local
rooming house to its full
potenal as a transional
housing opon.
We will advocate for
addional ongoing transional
housing support services
for clients while improving
targeted coordinated access
with our community partners.
:
Reducon and stabilizaon
of the homelessness
problem, District wide,
includes the creaon of
rental units. The Parry
Sound District requires
units in all areas of the
housing spectrum including
aordable and market units.
To oer stability within our
RGI units we will connue
working with Non-Prot
Housing Providers to reduce
the impact of the end of
operang agreements.
We have an excellent
working relaonship with
Canada Mortgage and
Housing Corporaon & the
Ministry of Municipal Aairs
& Housing.
We have hosted
informaon sessions for
developers in order to
encourage aordable units
within new developments.
We have been ulizing the
new rental component
of provincial funding to
increase the number of
units available across the
District.
Our target is to access funding
to create 10 aordable units
per year, across the District
over the next ve years,
funding perming.
We will also ulize funding
allocaons to assist our Non-
Prot Housing Providers in
supporng their long-term
sustainability & the extension
of expiring operang
agreements.
We will leverage DSSAB
funds to further incenvize
developers.
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Focus on building stronger
relaonships with the Parry
Sound Friendship Centre,
Georgian Bay Nave Non
Prot Housing Incorporated
and our six First Naons
Communies:
Wasauksing
Henvey Inlet
Magnetawan
Dokis
Shawanaga
French River
The Friendship Centre
was a primary supporter
of our Homelessness
Enumeraon and provided
an extraordinary level of
support to the process.
GBNNPHI, one of our social
housing providers, has
parcipated in the Social
Housing Improvement
Program (SHIP) & Social
Housing Energy Eciencies
Program (SHEEP)
We will connue our
outreach with our First Naon
partners through a travelling
approach. We will work with
Ontario Aboriginal Housing
to priorize the region and
support development.
We will ulize COCHI funding
to support the sustainability
of our Indigenous Non Prot
housing provider.
Working toward a
Memorandum of Agreement
to increase partnerships,
coordinated access to service
with Indigenous Territories
and culturally based services
with Indigenous partners.
:
Ontario Renovates and
Home Ownership assistance
programs provide the
necessary support to allow
people within the District
of Parry Sound to enter or
remain in the homeowner
community. Challenges of
aging housing stock and the
high cost of purchasing a
home are ongoing barriers
faced by our populaon.
Home Ownership Cases
22 Total Cases
16 Currently Acve
Ontario Renovates Cases:
122 Total Cases
94 Currently Acve
Ontario Renovates and
Home Ownership provide
the ability for people to
remain housed.
Over the next ve years
we would like to oer the
Ontario Renovates and Home
Ownership programs again.
Our target is to complete two
Home Ownership and eight
Ontario Renovates projects
over the next ve years.
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In an aempt to prevent and
reduce homelessness, we
will connue to work toward
development of innovave
Housing First strategies. Our
strategies will connue to
focus on housing people
as quickly as possible &
providing the necessary
supports to achieve long-
term housing stability.
The IMPACT group has
provided an excellent
resource toward
supporng clients in
high-risk situaons.
Our use of the CHPI
program provides
assistance to clients at
risk of, or experiencing
homelessness. In 2018 we
supported 474 people at
risk of homelessness and
71 people experiencing
homelessness.
Connuing to operate under the
housing rst strategy, including:
Rapid rehousing &
homelessness prevenon
services
Enhancing shelter capacity;
IMPACT table
Coordinated Access
Intense case management
Development of an Out of the
Cold program
:
Focus on development and
maintenance of relaonships
with community partners
and services across the
District.
Our H.O.M.E Network
provides a frequent
opportunity for updates
to our community service
providers.
Maintaining our connecons
with community services in
the planning and execuon
of the 2020 Enumeraon
process.
We currently have strong
working relaonships with
many of our community
service providers including
but not limited to:
Near North District School
Board
Local Food Banks
Community Living
CMHA-MPS
OPP
West Parry Sound Health
Centre
IMPACT Table
The Friendship Centre
Community Support
Services and
Children’s Aid Society
Connue to operate and
remain acve within the
H.O.M.E Network
Parcipate, where possible,
in the Municipal Community
Safety & Well Being Plans
process
Connue to further
community partnerships
through the implementaon
of the 2020 and 2022
Enumeraon
Work with the Ontario Health
Team model to link community
services and primary care
Lobby for expanded, mely
mental health and addions
services
Establish online access for
Community Housing; and
Work toward single window
access to community services
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To focus on creang
addional transional
units within the District
to assist chronically
homeless people
Increase transional
housing including
supports.
Number of
transional
units created
per year.
Increase by one
unit per year.
To work with Non-Prot
and private sector
developers to increase
market and aordable
homes within the
District.
To improve access
to housing for
people across all
levels of the housing
spectrum.
Number of
market and
aordable
homes created
per year.
Create 10
aordable units
per year.
To focus on building
stronger relaonships
with our Indigenous
Communies. To
ulize COCHI funding
to support the
sustainability of our
Indigenous Non-Prot
housing provider.
Working toward
a Memorandum
of Agreement
to increase
partnerships,
coordinated access
to services with
culturally based
services with
Indigenous Partners.
Number of
indigenous
rent geared to
income units
supported by
COCHI.
Repair 5 units
through COCHI.
To provide Home
Ownership and Ontario
Renovates programs to
assist homeowners in
remaining in their homes
& supporng those
looking to enter the
homeowner market.
To assist with
the high cost
of purchasing a
home & the costs
associated with
aging housing stock.
Number of
households
supported
through Home
Ownership
& Ontario
Renovates
programs.
Complete
two Home
Ownership
agreements &
eight Ontario
Renovates
projects over
ve years.
To connue to work
toward development of
innovave Housing First
strategies in an aempt
to reduce homelessness.
To connue
rapid rehousing
& providing the
supports necessary
to achieve long-term
housing stability
CHPI stascs
including
number of
people housed.
Successful
intervenons as
determined by
the number of
people housed.
To focus on the
development and
maintenance of
relaonships with
community partners
and services across the
District.
To connue to
build and maintain
coordinaon and
communicaon
networks to further
support clients.
Ongoing
commitment to
parcipang in
networks.
Connuing
acve
parcipaon
in community
networks.
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T
1a Assessment of current housing needs within service
manager area
Who Are We?/ Page 3
1b Include evidence of local housing needs (for example,
quantave data from Stascs Canada or CMHC)
Who Are We?/ Page 3
1c
Assessment of future housing needs within the
service manager’s service area
Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18
1d Include evidence to inform future housing needs Who Are We?/ Page 3, Targeted
Focus Groups/ Page 17
2a Demonstrate a system of coordinated housing
and homelessness services that assist households
to improve their housing stability and prevent
homelessness
What Have We Done/ Page 10
Ontario Renovates & Home
Ownership/ Page 14
SHIP & SHEEP/ Page 14
2b Include strategies to promote client-centred,
coordinated access to housing and homelessness
prevenon services
Broad Range of Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11
CHPI/ Page 12
2c Be developed with public consultaons and
engagement with diverse local communies,
including those with lived experience of homelessness
Housing & Homelessness Plan
Update Process/ Page 17
2d Be coordinated and integrated with all municipalies
in the service area
Municipal Engagement & H.O.M.E
Network Development/ Page 10
2e Include local housing policies and short and long-
term housing targets
CHPI/ Page 12
Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18
2f Include strategies to measure and report publicly on
progress under the plan
Municipal Engagement & H.O.M.E
Network Development/ Page 10
Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
2g Idenfy clear goals and objecves Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18
2h Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18, Annual Reporng
Template/ Appendix A
2i Summarize achievement to date What Have We Done/ Page 10
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III. (descripon of the measures proposed to meet the objecves and targets)
i. Ending Homelessness
3a Be informed by the results of local homelessness
enumeraon
Let’s Make it Count: Enumeraon
2019/ Page 15
3b Include a strategy to prevent and reduce
homelessness, incorporang innovave approaches
and a Housing First strategy
Broad Range Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11
CHPI/ Page 12, Priories, Outcomes &
Goals/ Page 18
3c Include strategies to reduce and prevent the number
of people experiencing chronic homelessness and
homelessness among youth and indigenous peoples,
as appropriate to the local context
What Have We Done/ Page 10
Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page 18
3d Address collaboraon with community partners
and provincial ministries to reduce and prevent
homelessness amongst those transioning from
provincially funded instuons and services systems,
as appropriate to the local context
Broad Range Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11
CHPI/ Page 12, Aordable Housing
Program/ Page 12, Ontario Renovates
& Home Ownership/ Page 14, SHIP &
SHEEP/ Page 14
3e Idenfy clear goals and objecves Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page 18
3f Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18, Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
3g Summarize achievement to date What Have We Done/ Page 10
4a Include a strategy for engagement with indigenous
organizaons and communies- including First
Naon, Mes, Inuit organizaons and communies,
where present in the service area
Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18, Outcome 3: Indigenous
Engagement/ Page 20
4b Demonstrate a commitment to coordinaon and
collaboraon with indigenous housing providers
and service providers to support access to culturally
appropriate housing and homelessness services for
indigenous peoples
Rent Geared to Income Housing &
Waitlists/ Page 5, SHIP & SHEEP/ Page
14, Let’s Make it Count: Enumeraon
2018/ Page 15, Priories, Outcomes
& Goals/ Page 18, Outcome 3:
Indigenous Engagement/ Page 20
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4c Idenfy clear goals and objecves Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18, Outcome 3: Indigenous
Engagement/ Page 20
4d Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18, Outcome 3: Indigenous
Engagement/ Page 20, Annual
Reporng Template/ Appendix A
4e Summarize achievement to date Rent Geared to Income Housing &
Waitlists/ Page 5, SHIP & SHEEP/ Page
14, Let’s Make it Count: Enumeraon
2018/ Page 15
5a Demonstrate a commitment to working with partners
across service systems to improve coordinaon and
client access to housing, homelessness prevenon
services and other human services
Broad Range Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11
CHPI/ Page 12
5b Demonstrate progress in moving toward integrated
human services planning and delivery
CHPI/ Page 12
5c Address collaboraon, where possible, with Local
Health Integraon Networks (LHINs), to coordinate
Service Manager social and aordable housing and
homelessness services with LHIN- funded services
Broad Range Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11
5d Idenfy clear goals and objecves Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18
5e Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
19-21, Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
5f Summarize achievement to date What Have We Done/ Page 10
6a Include a strategy to address accessible housing and
homelessness services for people with disabilies,
as well as those who have mental health needs and/
or addicons
Broad Range Community
Collaboraons/ Page 11, Ontario
Renovates & Home Ownership/ Page
14, Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18
6b Include a strategy to address the housing needs for
survivors of domesc violence, in coordinaon with
other community based services and supports
Rent Geared to Income Housing
& Waitlists/ Page 5, The Housing
Spectrum/ Page 6-7
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6c Address the needs of dierent demographic
groups within their communies. This could
include: seniors, indigenous peoples, people with
developmental disabilies, children and youth,
LGBTQ youth, women, immigrants and refugees,
persons released from custody or under community
supervision, youth t4ransioning from the child
welfare system and Franco-Ontarians
Who Are We?/ Page 3, What Have We
Done/ Page 10, Let’s Make it Count:
Enumeraon 2019/ Page 15, Priories,
Outcomes & Goals/ Page 18
6d Demonstrate a commitment to service delivery
that is based on inclusive and culturally appropriate
responses to the broad range of community need
Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18
6e Idenfy clear goals and outcomes Priories, Outcomes & Goals/
Page 18
6f Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page 18,
Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
6g Summarize achievement to date What Have We Done/ Page 10, Let’s
Make it Count: Enumeraon 2019/
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III. (descripon of the measures proposed to meet the objecves and targets
7a Include strategies to engage non-prot housing
corporaons and co-operaves in current and
future planning
Rent Geared to Income Housing &
Waitlists/ Page 5, SHIP & SHEEP/ Page
14, Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable &
Private Market Housing Creaon/ Page19
7b Include strategies to support non-prot housing
corporaons and co-operaves in the delivery of
aordable housing
Aordable Housing Program/ Page 13,
Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable &
Private Market Housing Creaon/ Page19
7c Idenfy strategies to support capacity building
and sustainability in the non-prot housing sector
Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable &
Private Market Housing Creaon/ Page 19
7d Idenfy clear goals and objecves Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable &
Private Market Housing Creaon/ Page 19
7e Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable &
Private Market Housing Creaon/ Page
19, Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
7f Summarize achievement to date SHIP & SHEEP/ Page 14, Aordable
Housing Program/ Page 13
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8a Idenfy an acve role for the private sector In
providing a mix and range of housing, including
aordable rental and ownership housing, to meet
local needs
Community Housing/ Page 8 Private
Rental Housing/ Page 8, Outcome
2: Non-prot, Aordable & Private
Market Housing Creaon/ Page 19
8b Idenfy and encourage acons for municipalies
and planning boards, where applicable, to support
the role of the private sector, including the use of
available land use planning and nancial tools
Municipal Engagement & H.O.M.E
Network Development/ Page 10
8c Reect a coordinated approach with Ontario’s land
use planning framework, including the Provincial
Policy Statement and where applicable, the Growth
Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Municipal Engagement & H.O.M.E
Network Development/ Page 10
8d Align with housing strategies required by the Growth
Plan for the Greater Golden Horseshoe, where
applicable
N/A
8e Idenfy clear goals and objecves Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable
& Private Market Housing Creaon/
Page 19
8f Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18, Annual Reporng Template/
Appendix A
8g Summarize achievement to date Aordable Housing Program/ Page 13
9a Demonstrate a commitment to improve the energy
eciency of social and aordable housing stock. This
can include support for energy conservaon and
energy eciency, tenant engagement, and locang
aordable housing near transportaon. It can also
include investment decisions such as the installaon
of renewable energy and low carbon technologies
Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable
& Private Market Housing Creaon/
Page 19
9b Demonstrate a commitment to improve the climate
resilience of social and aordable housing stock.
This can include taking steps to limit vulnerability to
ooding and extreme weather
SHIP & SHEEP/ Page 14, Outcome
2: Non-prot, Aordable & Private
Market Housing Creaon/ Page 19
9c Idenfy clear goals and objecves Outcome 2: Non-prot, Aordable
& Private Market Housing Creaon/
Page 19
9d Idenfy outcomes and outcome measures Priories, Outcomes & Goals/ Page
18, Annual Reporng Template/
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9e Summarize achievement to date SHIP & SHEEP/ Page 14
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Housing and Homelessness
District of Parry Sound
Plan Update
2019
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