Housing Help

Services Available

• Information about crisis lines, shelter hostels, shared accommodation, off-site services, home visits, escorts and access to identification, etc.
  
• Referrals to subsidized and supportive housing.
  
• Support in finding and maintaining housing.
  
• Documentation, such as completing applications for subsidized housing.
  
• Landlord recruitment.
  
• Opportunities for home sharing.
  
• Providing Share the Warmth/Winter Warmth Fund.
  
• Educational programs and workshops on Tenants’ Rights and Responsibilities.
  
• Support with eviction.
  
• Access to newspapers, and the Renters News.
  
• Listings from landlords.
  
• Internet, computers, telephones and fax machines.
  
• Rent Bank.
  
• Long-term followup.
  
  Staff at this location speak Albanian, Arabic, English, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Spanish, Twi, and Urdu. Other languages can also be made available upon request.

Who is Eligible

Program Intake

Monday – Wednesday: 8:30 am to 6:30 pm

Thursday and Friday: 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

Contact Details for:

Housing Help
416.244.0480
Phone: 416.244.0379

This Program is Located at:

North York Centre
Sheridan Mall, 1700 Wilson Ave., Suite 114
Toronto, Ontario M3L 1B2
Phone: 416.244.0480
Fax: 416.244.0379
Email: nyork@costi.org

There is no service fee for this program.

Language and Settlement Issues

Does the landlord have a right to increase my rent?

Cultural Excursions, Reading, Video, and Web Resources