Houselink and Mainstay Community Housing

Houselink & Mainstay Inc. provides shared and self-contained accommodation for 867 singles, couples, and families living on low income with serious mental illness. Support includes general counselling, goal coaching, life skills and tenancy support, crisis intervention and prevention, capacity building, peer leadership, and wellness and health promotion. Referral is made to clinical and specialty services (employment support, homemaking services, addiction counselling, primary care). Community and hospital-based mental health organizations refer tenants. There are some wheelchair accessible units and accommodation for deaf and deafened tenants. A portion of our housing services are dedicated to ex-Canadian Military personnel. Houselink & Mainstay Inc. also provides self-contained accommodation for 127 singles and woman-led households who are experiencing problematic substance use and living on a low income. Support includes general counselling, life skills and tenancy support, crisis intervention and prevention, capacity building, peer leadership, and wellness and health promotion. Referrals are made to clinical and specialty services (employment support, homemaking services, addiction counselling, primary care) to support recovery. There are some wheelchair accessible units.