Strategy: Supportive Housing

The City of Vancouver will be holding community meetings in March and April in various neighborhood centres to discuss their Supportive Housing Strategy and how to successfully integrate new supportive housing projects into neighborhoods. Supportive Housing is affordable housing that provides links to support staff that assist tenants to stabilize their lives, enhance independent living skills, and re-connect with the community. The City's strategy partners with Vancouver Coastal Health in focusing on housing for people with mental illness and/or addictions.

The community meetings will be an opportunity for you to participate in the discussion, learn more about supportive housing, and to voice your support for housing for people with mental illness and addictions. Attached is a schedule of the community meetings. Please contact the City of Vancouver directly if you have any further questions regarding the community meetings or Housing Strategy by email at housing.centre@vancouver.ca

For more information, please go to the City of Vancouver website at http://vancouver.ca/commsvcs/housing/supportivehousingstrategy/meetings.htm

Also, a group of consumers, family members, and staff will be organizing a meeting on Wednesday February 28th, 5-7 pm,to provide more information about the community meetings and Supportive Housing Strategy for those who are planning to attend the public meetings to support the City's Supportive Housing Strategy. For more information please contact:

Otto Lim, MSW
Coordinator, Family Support & Involvement
Vancouver Community Mental Health Services
#200 - 520 West 6th Ave
Vancouver, BCV5Z 4H5
TEL: 604-708-5289
FAX: 604-874-7661