Community impact
Bringing positive change into our communities and the lives of our tenants.
Residents enjoyed watching movies at the Regent Park Film Festival.
Residents enjoyed watching movies at the Regent Park Film Festival.
Recipients of the 2022 Yardi Canada Diversity Scholarships were celebrated at a special event.
Recipients of the 2022 Yardi Canada Diversity Scholarships were celebrated at a special event.
Stop the Bleed
- This pilot program provided life-saving training to 35 participants across a number of communities that are part of TCHC’s Violence Reduction Program
- The Stop The Bleed trainings teach how and where to apply pressure to prevent blood loss in the event of serious injury
- One of the participants became a certified instructor herself, a milestone for the social and economic impact of the Violence Reduction Program
- The trainings took place across Toronto Community Housing's Yorkwoods, Driftwood and Rexdale communities
- As an initiative of our Violence Reduction Program, the trainings were carried out by Toronto Community Housing in partnership with Sunnybrook Hospital
- Find out about upcoming training opportunities via torontohousing.ca/stopthebleed
Tenant conservation goals
In 2022, the Conservation team at TCHC continued to deliver leadership and innovation to drive towards the achievement of tenant conservation goals. The Conservation team engaged with 18,300 tenants in 91 buildings.
- 700 TCHC and TSHC staff members successfully completed an educational program created in collaboration with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society to advance TCHC’s commitment to reduce 25% of its energy consumption by 2025.
- The Conservation team conducted and distributed building utility reports to 172 high rise buildings generated using a building’s utility usage data. The reports aim to provide Operations staff with a clear overview on how their building is performing in terms of energy, water and waste.
- 60 new conservation bulletin boards were installed across TCHC and TSHC building portfolios
- 2,434 thermostat kits were distributed to ten Regent Park buildings, 1,217 tenants were engaged to learn more about the kits
- The conservation team engaged 6,955 tenants and distributed 1,785 thermostat educational materials
- 35 buildings took part in the Smart Compaction Program that reduced garbage volumes by over 550 cubic yards and saved over 200 garbage pickups in less than four months
- Through tenant education in 2022 we saw an increase in participation in waste programs and a decrease in illegal dumping activity, which led to a decrease in removal fees.
New conservation bulletin boards have been installed in buildings across TCHC and TSHC communities.
New conservation bulletin boards have been installed in buildings across TCHC and TSHC communities.
Rapid Rehousing initiative
- The Rapid Rehousing Initiative began in April 2020 as an agile response to emerging housing needs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- This program matches individuals experiencing homelessness with vacancies within the TCHC portfolio—often bachelor and one-bedroom units that are not easily filled from the centralized waiting list.
- Units are fully furnished, and new tenants are provided with clothes, bedding and toiletries.
- Rapid Rehousing tenants are supported by a collaborative network of local site staff, the Community Resolutions team, community agencies, and City of Toronto teams. Community support workers use a wraparound approach to support successful, long-term tenancies.
- The program shows that a pathway can be created between homelessness and housing by bringing partners in the social support system together, overlapping their strengths for a holistic solution to individual needs.
Outcomes
■ Placement of over 1,400 tenants in 1,144 housing units
■ 20% Indigenous, 33% seniors, 30% female-led households, 10% youth
■ Success rates: 93% of households remained housed
■ Eviction rate of less than 1% among RRHI tenants
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