Starting at Home in Medicine Hat- Our 5 Year Plan to End Homelessness: Year 3 Progress Report

The Medicine Hat Community Housing Society is the local Management Body that provides subsidized and affordable rental housing options for low-income families, seniors and people with special needs. MHCHS currently manages 537 units/properties and 467 private landlord rental supplements in Medicine Hat and Redcliff. 78 of these units/properties are affordable housing, and are owned and operated by the Society. An additional 32 new units will be added to the affordable housing stock in 2013/2014, which will be owned by the City of Medicine Hat, and managed by the MHCHS.

The Medicine Hat Community Housing Society also acts as the Community Based Organization (CBO) and the Community Entity (CE); established to administer funding from all orders of government and allocate it accordingly to local priorities to end homelessness. In the role of CBO/ CE, the Medicine Hat Community Housing Society leads the local Plan to End Homelessness. This is accomplished through the coordinating of programming, monitoring the progress of the Plans, advancing the research agenda, sharing best practices with colleagues and programs across the country, and engaging the wider community to achieve our common goal of ending homelessness.

Publication Date: 
2013
Location: 
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada