housing providers to address urgent and necessary repairs, representing 1,100 social housing units that will be repaired by December 31, 2020.

• In addition, through effective capital budget planning, the Federal and Provincial Social Housing Providers completed essential repairs to 1,311 social housing units.

Strategy vii: Utilize available rent subsidies to maintain current levels of social and affordable housing and to minimize the impact of the expiring housing programs

Target — by 2028, number of households assisted in RG, affordable rental housing units and / or rent assisted units will increase by 30% — 670 households

• The Windsor Essex 10 Year Housing and Homelessness Master Plan sets a goal to increase the number of households in social and affordable housing by 30% over the course of 10 years. This could include people who are accessing existing units such as rent-geared-to-income and rent subsidy programs, as well as new stock. The Master Plan estimates that there are approximately 10,900 households in Windsor and Essex County who are in need of affordable housing (based on the 2016 census). In terms of new units, it is estimated that an additional 2,000 units will be needed over the next 10 years.
  
  
• In 2019, 670 households were assisted in attaining affordable housing, of which 444 households were supported in rent-geared-to-income units (an increase of 5% from 2018), and 193 households were supported through a rent subsidy. In addition, 44 households were assisted in newly created affordable housing stock by Windsor Family Homes & Community Partnerships (15 units), Habitat for Humanity (11 units), Family Services Windsor Essex (6 units), Windsor Essex Community Housing Corporation (5 units), Community Living Essex County (4 units) and a private landlord (3 units).

Goal 2: Sustain and Expand Housing that is Linked with Supports  

Strategy i: Expand Housing First Programs 

• In September 2019, two Housing First for Youth workers were added to the Windsor Essex Housing Connections program funded under the Ontario Housing Priorities hitiative.