About Us
Metro Non-Profit Housing Association (MNPHA), a provider of supportive housing and drop-in housing support services for single individuals, and Direction 180, a Community-based methadone program, partnered to develop Halifax Housing Help (HHH) as a creative response to observed barriers and a recognized gap in access to housing and eviction prevention supports for individuals accessing their services and other agencies in the community.
HHH is funded through the Federal Homelessness Partnership Strategy of Service Canada until June 30th, 2009. During this period, the HHH team has been providing enriched mobile housing support and trustee services to single individuals as well as developing a service delivery model, demonstrating the impact and importance that having access to these services has on the stability of individuals in their housing.
The HHH team believes strongly in collaboration and communication among agency partners to ensure supports provided to individuals are efficiently coordinated and respectfully provided. HHH also works hard to build positive relationships with landlords to support them in providing tenancy to individuals working with the project and to mediate problems that may arise to prevent the need for eviction.
Who do we work with?
HHH works with single individuals with complex and on-going barriers to housing stability. These individuals may regularly access the HRM shelter system, drop-in services, and other community agencies and services .
We support those who live:
In shelters, on the street, in public housing, in private housing, in rooming houses, and those who come from corrections, addiction treatment programs, hospital stays - people who have mental health and/or addiction issues.
We provide housing support
The HHH team works with an individual and their closest supports to identify their key barriers to maintaining housing and supports them to address these to access and keep housing or to maintain their current tenancy.
Ways we can provide help
Apartment maintenance, housing search, trusteeship*, moving assistance, connecting to other services such as medical, income assistance, legal, social, vocational, etc., and being an on-going, stable support when issues arise in housing.
* A high number of individuals who access HHH have repeated issues with rental arrears. The HHH trustee program helps to remove this key barrier to housing stability while giving important access to other forms of support as well.
Emergency Fund
In order to support someone to address their barriers to housing stability, there are often key financial barriers that must be overcome. HHH has a limited emergency fund available to remove these immediate financial barriers while supporting individuals in preventing these issues from reoccurring.
Funds can help
Utility arrears, moving costs, rental arrears, damage deposits, apartment cleaning, veterinary costs.
Collaboration, Community
The HHH Project emphasizes a non-judgemental community development approach , building positive rapport and trust between HHH team members and the individual accessing the service. Participants feel they are a part of the service and often seek to be more involved. These opportunities are provided through honoraria support for: representation on the HHH Community Advisory Board, assisting others with their apartments, assisting with moving, janitorial support, assisting with HHH, office tasks.
- download our brochure (.pdf)