Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing provides access to affordable housing for Indigenous, Inuit, and Metis persons and families in the Hamilton-Wentworth area.
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A financial stability program that helps low-income individuals maintain affordable housing, by providing a small short-term interest-free loan for last month’s rent. Loans are paid directly to the vendor or provider.
Outreach workers connect clients experiencing chronic or episodic homelessness to immediate support, including shelter, food, and income support, and engage with those experiencing longer-term homelessness, providing assistance to rapid re-housing
Provides housing and resettlement support for refugee claimants.
This includes:
Operates affordable housing complexes and support services for Indigenous people in the City of Hamilton.
Properties include:
An emergency shelter for homeless or transient men.
10 suites of enhanced supportive living arrangements for individuals with dual diagnosis, including schizophrenia, schizoaffective, and bipolar disorders and/or intellectual disability/autism.
This program offers:
Promotes independence in living and self-determination in decision-making for individuals with serious mental illness.
Providing support to 16 and 17-year-old youth seeking housing and/or housing maintenance; assistance to search for, view, apply, and retain housing.
Provides housing support services to individuals with serious mental illness who are involved in the criminal justice system. A rent supplement is available for participants. Goals of the program are to: