Breaking Ground: Indigenous Healing Lodge & Affordable Housing Initiative Sets a New Standard in Scarborough
Overview
Real Estate partner and head of the Affordable and Social Housing Group, John Fox, together with associates, Claudia Pedrero and Amelia Briggs-Morris, are assisting Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society with its financing, development and construction of a healing lodge for indigenous women located in Scarborough. The six-storey lodge will offer 12 beds for women leaving incarceration, all of whom will participate in the healing lodge program and receive wrap-around supports for rehabilitation and reintegration. The building will also house 12 affordable transitional housing units for women that have completed the healing lodge program but require additional time and support to gain independence. This innovative hybrid model that incorporates the best practices of the Indigenous healing lodge tradition and a transitional rental housing program will be the first of its kind in Ontario.
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