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PREVENTION
Shelters must cease to be the first reflex of referencing. They should be seen as a last resort.
It is essential to preserve an individual's residential identity, so that he or she can retain all their rights as a citizen and access to public and private services.
550
APPPLICANTS
men, women, kids
143%
INCREASE IN FORCED EVICTIONS
in Montreal, between 2022 and 2023
7411
INTERVENTIONS
PREVENTING LOSS OF RESIDENTIAL IDENTITY
Since 2021, Mdp's prevention team has been working to ensure that people in housing do not end up homeless. Interventions vary depending on the problem: mediation with the landlord; finding a new home, financial assistance with rent, trust services, etc.
The team also meets with men who use the emergency housing service for the first time, to analyze their situation and refer them to resources better suited to their needs, as quickly as possible.
CHALLENGE 2024
Finding alternative accommodation is no longer an appropriate solution for people at risk of eviction due to lack of payment, given the cost and scarcity of rents. Moving also entails significant costs. The solution: Rental Assistance Bank.
TELEPHONE HOTLINE
La Maison du Père a mis en place une ligne téléphonique de prévention afin d’orienter les professionnels de la santé et des services sociaux dans leurs recherches de ressources adaptées aux besoins particuliers des personnes aux prises avec des situations d’expulsion menant à l’itinérance. Notre intervenant pivot en référencement veille à trouver une ressource et des services adaptés aux besoins spécifiques de la personne, en tenant compte de son identité domiciliaire, son âge, son état de santé physique et mentale, son autonomie, etc.
DIGITAL PLATFORM
We want to enhance this telephone hotline project with the creation of a bilingual homelessness prevention web platform, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to contribute to the development of a network of front-line professionals; make available a panoply of reliable information concerning homelessness-related organizations, available resources according to particularities and needs (age, gender, objectives, etc.); and gather statistics on the needs and pathways of people experiencing homelessness, for analysis and orientation purposes.
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