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The Housing Department administers social housing for the District of Parry Sound:

• Has 330 rent-geared-to-income units across the District
• Determines eligibility for rent-geared-to-income housing
• Maintains the wait list for social housing
• Has a number of rent supplement units with private landlords

Administers the Canada/Ontario Affordable Housing Program and Ontario Renovates Programs in the District.

Owns and operates the Parry Sound District Housing Corporation with 215 units of rent-geared-to-income housing across the district.

Provides financial assistance in making modifications to homes and/or vehicles for people with physical disabilities

A program for low and modest income households that provides funding for necessary home modification including:

• home repairs such as new windows, doors, roofs
• home accessibility modifications for persons with disabilities
• purchase and installation of energy-saving products

Full service restoration company providing services for water damage, vandalism, fire/smoke, wind/hail, flood, mold removal, odor control, asbestos and other perils. Professional cleaning services for commercial and residential properties. Free estimates.

Provides assistance to residents through a range of services for housing related needs, including:

• help to maintain housing
• help to find housing
• help with financial assistance
• help for landlords
• help with support services
• help with emergency housing

Home building

• home renovations and additions
• wheelchair accessible homes
• decks
• fences
• bathrooms
• kitchens
• ramps
• door widening for walkers and wheelchairs

Provides deck lifts, stair lifts, elevators and bathroom installation and/or modification services

• 24 hour emergency repair service available

Engage skilled volunteers to design and build custom assistive devices for people with disabilities

• provide increased access within households - kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms - and other environments, such as vehicles or places of business
• volunteer engineers and technicians work one-on-one with people who have a specific need that cannot be met by commercial assistive devices

COVID19 -- LIFE sessions and After Stroke programs are being offered virtually


Community-based rehabilitation and advocacy; affordable supportive housing for people with physical disabilities

Attendant Care Services -- non-medical assistance with activities of daily living

MODC Non-Profit Housing -- supportive care in 6 unit house, capacity 8, in Meynell House with additional houses around Ontario

Assistive Devices Program, 1-866-765-7237 -- financial assistance for adults to purchase or repair devices that increase their mobility and functional independence; may also assist with information or resources to assist in locating additional funding sources

Pop can tabs collection program -- proceeds support Assistive Devices Program

Home and Vehicle Modification Program, 1-877-369-4867 or 1-877-369-HVMP -- financial assistance (up to $15,000) for basic home and vehicle modifications for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial impairment expected to last one year or more

Acquired Brain Injury Services -- life skills, communication, community integration, emotional and behavioural support, vocational support, recreation

Conductive Education -- for people with neurological motor disorders; physical rehabilitation and education to train the brain and the body

DesignAbility, 1-800-263-3463, ext 7211

• volunteers work with persons with mobility challenges to craft creative, custom-built solutions to overcome barriers to work, play, personal hygiene and other daily activities
• no charge, except for building materials

LIFE (Learning Independence for Future Empowerment) -- skill-building transition sessions to provide support to young adults with a disability

Post-Polio Canada, polio@marchofdimes.ca, www.marchofdimes.ca/en-ca/programs/postpolio -- in-person and virtual support services, resources and information for polio survivors

After Stroke, afterstroke@marchofdimes.ca, afterstroke.ca -- person-to-person support, educational opportunities and community-based programs designed to provide connection to other people, hope and life after stroke

Business and training services for other non-profit agencies

Volunteers build custom-designed solutions and modification to help meet the daily needs of people with mobility issues and to maintain independence to the greatest extent possible. Projects are taken on if there is no commercial solution available or the cost of a commercial solution is prohibitive.

Provides funding to eligible applicants for basic home and/or vehicle modifications which enables children and adults with mobility restrictions to continue living in their homes, avoid job loss, and participate fully in their communities.

• helps enhance the quality, affordability and choice of housing
• works to enhance housing finance options
• assists those who cannot afford housing in the private market
• improves building standards and housing construction
• provides policymakers with the information and analysis they need to sustain a vibrant housing market

Affordable Housing Programs in Ontario: click here for information on affordable housing

Financial assistance towards the cost of basic home or vehicle modifications and is intended for permanent Ontario residents with a substantial mobility impairment

By reducing or eliminating life safety risks, these modifications enable children and adults with mobility restrictions to:

• continue living in their homes
• avoid job loss
• participate in their communities
  

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• partial financial assistance (matches donations that you receive) (max of $5,000)
• technical help
• adaptations
• services
• equipment such as wheelchairs, Smartdrive, smart home, physiotherapy, etc