This tool kit is designed to help those wanting to create new supportive housing. The kit is not a complete guide to housing development. Instead, it focuses on the community consultation process, and how to deal with widespread fears and prejudices about the people who live in supportive housing.

THE KIT:
✔ Describes the rights protected by the Ontario Human Rights Code, and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
✔ Outlines the planning approvals process
✔ Helps supportive housing developers to know what to expect
✔ Suggests ways to prepare for community consultation
✔ Describes strategies that have helped supportive housing developers navigate through community opposition
✔ Offers answers to the most predictable objections to housing for people with mental illness, and others who face discrimination.