4.2 Housing & Homelessness Master Plan Goal 1: Sustain & expand social housing & affordable housing supply

Fiona Coughlin advises Habitat for Humanity in 2019 completed three houses and partnered on eleven apartments on the rental side of things, i.e. transitional housing. Their biggest barriers relates to land as people at one time donated land for housing. She notes they have been working with Real Estate Services, City of Windsor in this endeavour.

T. Moore provides the following as it relates to:

Canada Ontario Housing Benefits (COHB) and Windsor Essex Housing Benefit Update (WEHB)

Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (CHC) continues to administer both the COHB and WEHB programs. Interest in both programs continues to be high and enquiries are being received and responded to on an ongoing basis. Staff continue to work through the enquiries and are diligently working to assess eligibility and complete and process applications for eligible applicants for both programs as required.

WEHB offers must be made in order of priority on the Central Housing Registry Windsor Essex waitlist as these benefits count towards our legislated service level standard. WEHB offers to Priority I applicants have been issued, addressed and processed. The next round of offers to Priority II applicants were issued on September 17, 2020 with a deadline to respond by October 8, 2020. CHC staff will be working to provide further information, guidance to interested applicants, as well as, confirming program eligibility, providing assistance and direction in terms of completing the application process for individuals who are deemed eligible and subsequently processing applications and issuing payments for the eligible applicants.

OPHI/COCHI Update – RFP Operational Reviews/Facility Condition Assessments Social Housing Business Process and Asset Management Review Consultant

A Request for Proposal funded under Ontario’s Community Housing Renewal Strategy to hire a consultant to conduct Asset Management planning services, such as building condition audits and technical assessments, Operational reviews, Governance and succession planning review and analysis and identifying potential acquisition and mergers