Keeping Kids With Special Needs Safe
Article offering practical ways to safety proof a house where children with special needs live or visit.
FASD Learning Series
A series of videos on a wide range of FASD topics including FASD in the classroom, transitioning to adulthood with FASD, diagnosis, mentoring, employment and housing (1-2 hours).
Creating Intersections: A systematic and person-centred harmonizing framework for housing individuals with FASD
This project marks the first step of many in the implementation and maintenance of meaningful housing service delivery and supports to better understand how to meet the needs of individuals with FASD. Our hope for the framework described in this document is twofold. First, that it empowers service providers in their efforts to support individuals in meaningful ways, and second, that it reflects the voices of individuals struggling to be housed.
Assisted Housing
Information about assisted housing; links to organizations across Ontario and some in other provinces (webpage)
Moving to a place of my own!
Housing Transition Guide for Families of People with Developmental Disabilities in the Ottawa Region.
Unlocking the AODA: Obligations of housing providers under the accessibility for ontarians with disability Act
A Guide for Housing Providers in Ontario
The Ontario Human Rights Commission; Information for Housing Providers
People with disabilities have the right to be free from discrimination in housing (“accommodation”). The Code applies to every part of buying or renting housing. This includes private, social, supportive and co-operative housing.
Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
We work across Canada to hold governments accountable to meeting their human rights obligations, and to empower communities to claim their right to housing.
Creating intersections: A systematic and person-centered harmonizing framework for housing individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
This project was catalyzed by service providers and individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), as well as their caregivers, all of whom described challenges navigating conventional housing support systems.
A Mosaic of Options: A Housing Continuum for People with FASD
The following report will summarise each presentation and bring out the key themes that were present throughout the two day FASD & Housing Symposium: “A Mosaic of Options: A Housing Continuum for People with FASD.”
Find your local service manager
Find contact information to access housing programs in your municipality or district.
Affordable Housing in Ontario
Learn about programs to help you have a safe and affordable place to call home.
