The Homeless Prevention Program provides portable rent supplements and support services to individuals in identified at-risk groups facing homelessness.

About the program
The Homeless Prevention Program is an initiative aimed at providing individuals in identified at-risk groups facing homelessness with portable rent supplements and support services to help them access rental housing in the private (non-subsidized) housing market.

The rent supplements and support services help recipients access rental housing in the private (non-subsidized) housing market and community-based services.

The Homeless Prevention Program operates, in many instances, as an enhancement to the existing Homeless Outreach Program / Indigenous Homeless Outreach Programs and targets individuals at transition points that put them at greater risk of homelessness.

Services
If you are eligible and approved, the rent supplement can assist with:

• Your rent
• Your damage deposit
• Costs that help you secure housing (for example, getting identification)
• Transportation to a housing opportunity
• Storage for your belongings as you wait to move into a new home
• Ensuring access to utilities (for example, heat and water)
• Moving expenses
• Home start-up items

You cannot use the rent supplement for:

• Rent, if you are already receiving a subsidy
• Expenses not related to housing or this Program
• Clinical health and treatment services
• Medical or clinical staff expenses
• Daycare expenses