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VincenPaul Community Homes Recovery Program at Risk

 The Board of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC) has voted to sell over 700 "scattered" properties in an effort to secure funding for outstanding repairs.

Since 1975, the Society has leased 11 homes from the City and these homes plus three additional properties are the entire housing stock for our recovery home program.  The city has made a promise to "re-house" the people affected by this sell off. The reality is that the houses we lease are not just homes, they constitute the foundation of a very successful model of housing where people in recovery live in community while they seek to regain their lives and seek permanent housing. These individuals cannot simply be "re-housed". 

The response from Vincentians in petitioning their local city councillors regarding the safe guarding of our VincenPaul Community Homes program has been inspiring.

We are beginning to see the results of your efforts by having councillors respond with requests for further information. If you have not written to your local councillor as of yet, please consider doing so. The attached letter provides facts regarding this program.  The message that needs to get out is that these are not simply homes where people can be re-housed, the 11 properties provide the foundation for a program that the Society has operated for 27 years.

For a personal insight into what these programs provide, please see a sample of  letters from residents please click on the link- they express best how this program has positively affected their lives and provide witness to the wonderful work of the Society.

- letter

- resident's letter 1

- resident's letter 2

- resident's letter 3

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Dear Vincentians,
 
Our Spiritual Director (St. Catherine of Siena Conference, Peel PC) and long time Vincentian, Deacon Fuad Nimer-Boutrous, who has helped many a time in serving mass at our AGMs, as well as many, many, neighbours-in-need in our conference, has had a nasty fall, and is in intensive care at the Trillium Hospital in Mississauga. Please say a special prayer for him to recover from extensive surgery and I would appreciate you send a Get-Well card to his address. His wife and Vincentian Elaine, needs prayers as well to help her during this difficult time.
 
God bless.
 
Ninian

 His address is:
 
Fuad & Elaine Nimer-Boutrous

1535 Brentano Blvd

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