Harm reduction building helps Peter get healthy

Thoughtful and observant, 52-year-old Peter* speaks with the wisdom of someone who has experienced life on the streets. Peter began drinking regularly at age 16 and dropped out of high school in Grade 11. “It was a huge mistake,” he recalls. “I just didn’t want to finish school.” By 18, he was drinking every day. […]

Tom turns his life around with affordable supportive housing

 Working, grocery shopping, cooking, doing laundry, paying rent and taxes – these are things that are part of everyday life for most adults. Tom* didn’t have the opportunity to learn these skills until the age of 42. Tom spent his childhood enduring unthinkable emotional, physical and sexual abuse at the hands of those he […]