• As stated above in Goal 2, two Housing First for Youth staff were added to the Windsor Essex Housing Connections program through the Ontario Priorities Housing Initiative.

Targets:

• By 2028, 100 additional youth experiencing homelessness will be housed with appropriate supports – in 2019, 26 youth experiencing homelessness were housed with appropriate supports

Goal 6: Foster Successful Tenancies Through Community Collaboration

Strategy iii: Provide landlord and tenant education to support successful tenancies

• In 2019, Pathway to Potential and Housing Services worked together to implement the RentSmart program in Windsor Essex with the participation of 12 community agencies.

• The Fostering Successful Tenancies resource toolkit was created by Family Services Windsor- Essex in partnership with Canadian Mental Health Association th rough funding provided by the Province of Ontario’s Innovation and Capacity Building Fund.

• 50 people living in affordable, social and supportive housing will receive RentSmart training each year

  • In total 501 participants received RentSmart training in 2019. Table 1 shows 2019 RentSmart Course Participation in Windsor Essex