Housing Help
HRC’s Housing Help is a free service where you can stop by without an appointment. It’s for anyone who’s having a hard time with housing, no matter the reason, including:
- Low income (precarious employment, inadequate income support)
- Eviction Proceedings (legal or illegal)
- Landlord and tenant issues or disputes
- Inappropriate or unsuitable housing
- Discrimination
- Gas and electricity arrears
- Ontario Electricity Support Program (OESP)
- Budgeting for housing
- Relationship breakdown
Housing Help Drop-In services include:
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- Housing Searching and Housing Search Tools (Intent to Rent forms, Housing Search Checklists, etc.)
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- Budgeting for housing
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- Information and education for tenants
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- Help with landlord and tenant issues
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- Advocacy, negotiation, and mediation with utility providers (Electricity, Water/Sewer, heat) and landlords
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- Help with rental applications, including Community Housing Applications (RGI, Affordable Housing)
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- Referrals to other community, government, legal, and social service programs
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- Referrals to HRC Housing Counsellors
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- OESP Applications (Ontario Electricity Support Program)
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- Information about financial assistance and homelessness prevention funds
No appointment is needed!
Housing Help Clinic hours are:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
9:30am – 11:30am and 1:00pm – 3:30pm (Wednesdays closed)
Resource Room Hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
9:00am – 12:00pm and 1:00pm – 4:00pm (Wednesdays closed)
When you come to the drop-in please bring any documents you think will be helpful, including ID, eviction notices, rent receipts, utility bills, rental application forms, paystubs, OW/ODSP statements, etc.