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Wellesley Institute works in research and policy to improve health and health equity in the GTA through action on the social determinants of health.

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Alice de Wolff

Supportive Housing Helps

Supportive housing is a proven component of the range of services that can help people facing health challenges to continue to live in the community. But it has occasionally faced local opposition. In 2008, Wellesley Institue funded research on the impact of supportive housing on neighbourhoods as a way to provide answers to people’s questions. Among other key findings, the research shows that there is no evidence that supportive housing buildings have negative impacts on property values or crime rates.

“We Are Neighbours: The Impact of Supportive Housing on Community, Social, Economic and Attitude Changes” offers an invaluable community-based view of the impact of supportive housing on the surrounding neighbourhood.

 

 

Download We Are Neighbours: The Impact Of Supportive Housing On Community, Social, Economic And Attitude Changes

Acknowledgement of Traditional Land

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the Wellesley Institute operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Revised by the Ceremonial Committee at the University of Toronto Office of Indigenous Initiatives in April 2021.