Alternative supportive housing and homelessness in the city of Toronto: An exploration of 'StreetCity' and 'Strachan House' (Ontario)

This thesis explores chronic homelessness among single women and men in the City of Toronto, and the various accommodation/housing types that have been available to members of this group. In particular, this thesis is informed by a qualitative case study of two alternative supportive housing projects within Toronto.; This thesis is organized in six chapters to address the question: How are alternative supportive housing projects, specifically StreetCity and Strachan House, perceived by tenants and project staff as a means to address chronic homelessness in the City of Toronto? Following a review in chapter 2 of literature, the research methodology is discussed in chapter 3. Chapter 4 offers a detailed description of the two alternative supportive housing projects, StreetCity and Strachan House, that substantiate this case study.; Chapter 5 presents the findings of the research and draws some comparisons between this research and the literature explored in chapter 2.; Finally, chapter 6 presents some general recommendations in regard to the development of additional alternative supportive housing projects and discusses some of the commonalities between these recommendations and those made in other reports addressing homelessness in Toronto. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)...