Barrie’s first supportive housing community welcomes more people amid expansion
New apartment in Lucy’s Place expansion in Barrie, Ont.Funding for the expansion came from the province, with each new unit having its own kitchen and bathroom.Lucy’s Place, which opened in 2019, is a joint effort between Redwood Park Communities and the Busby Centre to address long-term homelessness in Barrie.
Redwood manages the property owned by Simcoe County and provides side-by-side support, while Busby staff facilitate the supportive housing programming with on-site 24/7 support and case management.“People are able to have housing they can afford that’s more specifically set up with programming for people who may need more support to help get stabilized to reach some goals they want to set for themselves around housing stabilization and any cycles in their life that they want,” VanGennip said.
Offers of housing at Lucy’s Place are made through the Simcoe County List, a part of the Coordinated Access System. It is a centralized list on which agencies in the community register their clients, with their consent to help find permanent housing. People on this list are prioritized and then matched to housing for an offer that is a good fit as they become available. Residents pay the housing portion of their Ontario Works or ODSP benefits or equivalent, and the county subsidizes the rest of the costs.
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