Community Housing & Support Services
Dignified Housing. 24/7 Professional Care. Permanent Recovery.
Empowering transitions out of homelessness through continuous, around-the- clock supportive living across Ontario.
20Unit Campaign Target
24-HrDaily Mobile Support
8Ontario Communities Served
Ongoing Project Presently: 20 Units
The 20-Unit Housing Campaign
Our 20-Unit Housing Campaign
We are on an urgent mission to secure and launch 20 dedicated apartment units across Southern Ontario's high-demand urban corridors—including Milton, Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Brantford, Kitchener, and Waterloo. By bypassing heavy infrastructure development and leveraging existing community rentals, every dollar raised moves low-to-moderate acuity individuals directly out of the shelter system and into stable, supported independent living.
This campaign is only the beginning. Our target doesn't end at 20 units — our long-term goal is to provide permanent, affordable, supportive housing to 2,500 individuals by 2030.
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Target Units
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Regions: Milton, Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Brantford, Kitchener & Waterloo
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Year Minimum Landlord Lease
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Progress: Funding initial setup toward our target of 20 units.
Ontario Non-Profit
Incorporated to bridge shelter and stability
Who We Are & Our Why
The Heart Behind Asher's Place
Founded as a proactive response to Ontario's visible housing crisis, Asher's Place Community Homes is an incorporated provincial non-profit organization. Our Why is simple: many people experiencing homelessness—whether stuck in emergency shelter systems or coming out of mental health rehabilitation—possess the daily living skills needed to thrive independently, yet they experience recurring housing failures simply due to a lack of structured daytime stabilization, baseline accountability, and targeted care.
Our Mission: To bridge the critical gap between homelessness—including emergency shelter dependency—and permanent independence by providing stable, affordable housing coupled with targeted, daytime mobile support and case management.
Our Vision: A future where temporary vulnerability does not lead to permanent homelessness, and where community-based, public-private partnerships create sustainable paths to lifelong housing stability.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)
At Asher’s Place Community Homes, DEI is not a policy checkbox—it is the operational foundation of our housing model. True housing stability cannot exist without cultural safety and absolute equity. We recognize that systemic barriers disproportionately push marginalized communities into housing insecurity.
We actively dismantle these barriers through three core commitments:
- Equitable Care Delivery: Our 24-Hour Daytime Mobile Support model is explicitly tailored to respect individual cultural backgrounds, gender identities, and lived experiences. We deliver person-centered, trauma-informed care that honors the unique identity of every resident.
- Inclusive Field Frameworks: We strictly cultivate a workforce and volunteer network that reflects the rich diversity of the Halton, Peel, Toronto, Durham and Waterloo regions we serve.
- Accessible Systems: We continually optimize our physical setups, documentation, and communication pathways to ensure our housing environments are welcoming and accessible to individuals of all abilities and backgrounds.
Immediate Rehousing
Move 20 low-to-moderate acuity individuals into dignified, scattered-site, or clustered apartment units this year.
Fiduciary & Risk Integrity
Maintain strict, dual-signatory financial controls and PHIPA-compliant data networks to protect our participants, lenders, and community partners.
Systemic Alleviation
Actively collaborate with regional municipal governments to systematically reduce the strain on local emergency shelter infrastructures.
Community Partnership
Build lasting public-private partnerships with landlords, lenders, and neighbors that create sustainable paths to lifelong housing stability.
A Note From Our Founder
"Homelessness is a massive crisis, but the solution can be built one apartment, one life, and one daytime check-in at a time. Thank you for standing with us to open doors and rebuild lives."
Nancy Audu
Founder & Initial Director, Asher's Place Community Homes
A Message From Our Founder
Dear Neighbors, Partners, and Friends,
Every single night across Ontario, thousands of individuals lay their heads down in emergency shelter beds. But if you look closer, you will find a hidden truth: many of these individuals do not need permanent, institutional care. They possess the skills, the desire, and the capacity to live independently in our communities. Yet, they find themselves caught in a cycle of housing failure simply because the bridge between the shelter and the real world lacks a safety net.
I founded Asher's Place Community Homes to be that exact bridge.
Our mission isn't just about putting roofs over heads—it is about restoring baseline human dignity. By wrapping independent community apartments in a structured, 24-hour mobile daytime support staff framework, we provide the precise amount of care needed to ensure long-term housing stability. We manage medication, we build real-world life skills, and we enforce strict behavioral accountability, all while allowing our participants to reclaim their independence.
We are launching an urgent campaign to secure our first 20 housing units across Milton, Peel, Toronto, Durham, Brantford, and the Waterloo Region. We cannot do this in isolation. We need landlords willing to partner on stable leases, social lenders ready to invest in systemic change, and community members willing to lend their financial and material support.
Homelessness is a massive crisis, but the solution can be built one apartment, one life, and one daytime check-in at a time. Thank you for standing with us to open doors and rebuild lives.
With deep gratitude,
Nancy Audu
Founder & Initial Director
Asher's Place Community Homes
The People Behind The Mission
Meet the Faces of Asher's Place
The team dedicated every day to bridging the gap between homelessness and permanent independence.
Board Of Director
Building lasting relationships with landlords, funders, and local partners to expand safe, supportive housing opportunities across Ontario.
Director , Community engagement team
Delivering responsive case management, housing navigation, and day-to-day support that helps residents build a stable path forward.
Operations & Housing Team
Coordinating the practical details that sustain safe, well-managed homes and keep residents connected to the care they need.
Support service Team
Connecting neighbors, volunteers, and advocates so the mission can grow from local care into long-term housing impact.What We Do
Independent Living, Wrapped in Professional Care
Asher's Place does not operate traditional, institutional 24/7 group homes. Instead, we empower our participants to live independently in scattered or clustered community apartments. We protect this environment by deploying a specialized 24-Hour Daytime Mobile Support Framework (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM).
Daily Check-Ins
Intensive daytime case management.
Health Focus
Coordinated medication tracking.
Meal Provision
One hot meal provided every day for our participants.
Life Skills
Financial literacy and employment readiness.
Risk Mitigation
Comprehensive, PHIPA-compliant data tracking.
Accessing Our Supportive Housing Pipeline
How to Get Our Accommodation
To ensure complete community alignment and safety, Asher's Place does not accept walk-in or self-referred emergency applications at our administrative address. Our incoming tenant pipeline is strictly managed through regional municipal intake channels.
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Regional Referral
Candidates must be pre-screened and referred directly through local Coordinated Access lists (e.g., SSHA Toronto, Peel Coordinated Access, Halton Housing, or Durham Housing Services).
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Acuity Filtering
Our mobile staff administers a standardized SPDAT assessment to confirm the applicant falls into a low-to-moderate acuity range compatible with independent overnight living.
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Emergency Sync
Approved participants sign an Emergency Inter-Agency Consent Form, linking them directly to regional crisis networks (like COAST Halton or Gerstein Centre) for absolute overnight peace of mind.
Why Choose Us
Impact you can measure. Trust you can feel.
Why Landlords Partner With Us
Your Property. Our Guarantee. Zero Headaches.
Partnering with our NGO means turning your rental property into a secure social impact asset without taking on operational risk.
Guaranteed Rental IncomeRent is paid to you automatically, directly, and on time every single month out of our corporate reserves and provincial shelter streams. Rents are strictly set at 30% of each household's income under the Rent-Geared-to-Income (RGI) framework, making your income guaranteed regardless of participant circumstances.
Professional Daily InspectionsOur mobile case managers are on-site daily, conducting regular unit hygiene checks and behavioral safety enforcement.
$15,000 Mitigation FundA locked cash escrow account pays for accidental tenant damage out-of-pocket, bypassing Landlord & Tenant Board delays completely.
Zero Vacancy RiskWe hold a 4-year master lease, so even during tenant transitions your income never stops—zero vacancy rates, zero turnover costs, zero collection friction for a minimum of 48 months.
Explore Asher's Place
Three ways to move this mission forward.
What We Do
Independent Living, Wrapped in Professional Care
Our specialized 24-Hour Daytime Mobile Support Framework (8:00 AM to 8:00 PM) empowers participants to live independently in scattered or clustered community apartments — without institutional, 24/7 group-home care.
- Daily check-ins & intensive case management
- Coordinated medication tracking
- A hot meal provided every day
- Financial literacy & employment readiness
Partner With Us
Join the Ontario Government & Asher's Place to Alleviate Homelessness
We are actively seeking private property owners, developers, and affordable housing providers who can offer a 4-year minimum lease on clustered or multi-unit residential spaces, backed by rock-solid financial protections.
In partnership with an established, affordable supportive-living NGO, Asher's Place welcomes new landlords as partners in this mission. Become a landlord partner today.
- Guaranteed rental income, paid automatically
- $15,000 landlord mitigation fund
- Professional daily inspections
Careers
Join Our Mobile Care Team
At Asher's Place Community Homes, we believe that dignified support transforms lives. We are building a mobile team of compassionate, highly organized, and clinically sound professionals dedicated to field-based case management.
- Mobile Supportive Housing Worker (Full-Time / Part-Time)
- Administrative and PHIPA Compliance Assistant
- Volunteer & pro-bono talent pool always open
Our Community
Moments from life at Asher's Place.
News & Updates
Building momentum for the 20-Unit Campaign.
Featured
Asher's Place launches its 20-Unit Housing Campaign
We're on an urgent mission to secure 20 dedicated apartment units across Milton, Brampton, Mississauga, Toronto, Pickering, Brantford, Kitchener, and Waterloo — moving people directly out of the shelter system.
Read the announcementSeeking landlords for a 4-year clustered lease framework
We're inviting private property owners and affordable housing providers to partner with us on secure, risk-mitigated master leasing.
Read moreNow building our Mobile Care Team
We're hiring compassionate, clinically sound professionals for field-based case management across our service regions.
Read more
Get Involved
Fuel the Movement: Support Asher's Place
We need your community support, philanthropic capital, and corporate sponsorships to successfully clear initial startup setups and unlock our social finance leverage. Your generosity directly purchases tenant welcome packs, emergency unit kits, and funds our frontline mobile case managers.
Financial Giving
Click to donate online via our secure portal, linked to our FundRazr, GoFundMe, or primary Church Partner's donation gateway.
Donate onlineIn-Kind Corporate Donations
Support us by donating brand-new apartment kits — cookware, bedframes, mattresses, linens, and baseline household cleaning supplies.
Donate itemsFaith-Based Mobilization
Is your church looking to make a direct impact on local homelessness? Contact our board to discuss project-delivery alignment opportunities.
Start a conversationLet’s Build a Stronger Community Together
Are you a social financier, a community organization, or a local landlord with properties to lease? Get in touch with our team today.
info@ashersplacecommunityhomes.ca +1 888 849 3319
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Contact Us
We're here to help — reach out any time.
Please note: Asher's Place does not accept walk-in or self-referred emergency housing applications. Our tenant pipeline is managed through regional Coordinated Access channels. For all other inquiries, our team responds within one business day.
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ServingMilton (Halton) · Brampton & Mississauga (Peel)
Toronto · Pickering (Durham)
Brantford (Brant) · Kitchener & Waterloo (Waterloo Region) -
General Inquiriesinfo@ashersplacecommunityhomes.ca
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Partnership Inquiriespartnerships@ashersplace.ca
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Telephone+1 888 849 3319
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Administrative Office71 Rosedale, Building B, Unit #B12
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Daytime Support Window8:00 AM – 8:00 PM daily
24-Hour Mobile Support Framework