Transitional Housing

Q: It used to be thought that if a person lived outdoors in a ravine or in a doorway for a long time, they came to prefer it. Is this true?

No. When the City of Toronto does their street count of homeless people, outreach staff ask people on the street if they want a home indoors, or prefer to live rough outdoors. The vast majority of people on the street want housing. That’s a fact.

So, Fred Victor and the City of Toronto with support also from the Donnolly Foundation now reserves 20 units of Fred Victor Housing on the second floor of 145 Queen Street East for people who need intensive support (case management) for up to a year and where the focus is on getting prepared to move into permanent housing. Once housed, our staff follow up with each person individually.