VICTORIA - The B.C. government is providing $400,000 in annual funding to the Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness to help people who are homeless find and maintain stable, affordable housing. The funding will be used to provide rent supplements for up to 103 individuals each year through the Streets to Homes (S2H) Program.
Using a "housing first" approach, S2H works with people who have barriers such as poverty, mental-health, and/or substance-use challenges, secure private market housing obtained through a comprehensive landlord support system. S2H provides the rent subsidy, as well as case planning and supports to help participants remain housed and become self-sufficient.
Now in its third year, S2H has already helped more than 130 people move directly from cyclical homelessness to stable housing since it began in June 2010.
The United Way of Greater Victoria provides funding for the Housing Support Workers' that visit residents to connect them with community supports and ensure their housing situation is secure. The Greater Victoria Coalition to End Homelessness' (coalition) Leadership Council provides another 17 rent supplements.
The Province has funded 30 rent supplements under the program since it started and also provided a one-time grant in 2012. The expanded support will be in place until April 1, 2015.
via Greater Victoria Coalition to end Homelessness
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