Alex Shannan here again, Housing Navigator with DSO in Toronto. During our webinars and when I connect with people by phone or email, people often ask for help with finding others in their local community/neighbourhood, who are looking to start a family group around housing or looking for people to plan with around housing and supports. With Connected Families, you can register and create a username that doesn’t reveal who you are (for example: Snowshoes). You can make posts publicly to share a little about who you are, what part of the province/city you live in (for example: Toronto – East End or Hamilton – Downtown). By clicking on a username, next to a post, you can then send other users’ private messages which only that person will be able to see. This can let you speak with the person to see if you have things in common and before deciding if you want to exchange more personal information, like your email address or phone number.

If you are looking to meet others in your area, to talk or plan around housing and supports, you might consider adding a note to this thread to see if there are others in your area who might be looking for the same thing.

Hi Rose, I will share your post with some folks I think may be able to contribute to the conversation.
I hope you and yours are well,
Alex

Hi Rose,

I”m happy to hear you’re finding this forum useful. It turns out, I’ll be at the event on the 26th! I’m excited to see how it goes!

This is unrelated to networking, but related to housing…

The City of Toronto has announced a new affordable rental housing opportunity in Scarborough Ontario:

You can obtain more information and express interest here: https://www.dmsproperty.com/apartments-for-rent/23-thundergrove-ridgeford

Expression of Interest – Closing Date January 25, 2020 at 5pm. Fill out the “Inquire Now” form to express interest.

It’s so wonderful to see people sharing about their personal experiences and the desire to connect! I hope we can get more people using this forum this year.

Thought I’d share the latest newsletter from the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA). It focusses on 4 areas they will be watching closely this year, related to advancements for the right for affordable housing: https://www.equalityrights.org/cera-blog/4-ways-to-advance-the-right-to-housing-in-2021

I send a weekly email with this list of “affordable” rentals, if anyone is interested in being added to the list of recipients, send me an email: alexandra.shannan@surreyplace.ca.

It’s important to remember that the list is compiled based on the cost of the rental and no pre-screening is completed, prior to adding the listing to the list.

Hi Bruce,

I have spoken to a few other families in the past serveral weeks, who are in a similar position with regards to their concern and eagerness to get things moving.
Is there a specific geographic area/neighbourhood of Toronto that your son is looking to move to? I wonder if there may be others with similar intentions. Perhaps they’ll join in here.

Hi Bonnie and Petra! Thanks for adding to the conversation 🙂

Hi Jean, I sent you a private message.
Thanks,
Alex