10-Year Housing and Homelessness Plan
Local housing and homelessness services are guided by a 10-year Housing and Homelessness Plan. This plan aims to address affordable housing and homelessness throughout the complete housing continuum; including homelessness prevention, emergency shelters, transitional housing, supportive housing and affordable rental and/or home ownership.
Homelessness Prevention Team
The Homelessness Prevention Team provides a Housing First approach with wrap around intensive housing based case management to those who at risk risk of experiencing, or are experiencing, homelessness.
The HPT team is now working with Built for Zero Canada to tweak the current process with a goal of aligning within the national plan to end homelessness. Our community, thanks to the HPT is extremely close to achieving 'functional zero', which is defined as being reached when the number who are homeless, whether sheltered or unsheltered is no greater than the monthly housing placement rate.
In 2019, the HPT team was awarded the Local Municipal Champion Award from the Ontario Municipal Social Services Association.
Reaching Home Community Plan
2024-2028 Reaching Home Community Plan
Homelessness Report Card
Homelessness Report Card - 2020 Snapshot
Sault Ste Marie Housing and Homelessness Plan - 2014