Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative

Homelessness Prevention

The Homelessness Prevention Benefit helps persons who are homeless to obtain and maintain suitable housing. It can also help people who are at risk of homelessness to stay housed. For homeless persons, the benefit might be the last month's rent deposit or utility hook-up fees. People at risk of losing their accommodations might get help with rent or utility arrears. The Homelessness Prevention Benefit can only be offered once in two years. Therefore the housing must be maintainable for at least two years.

Before you apply for money owed for utilities, you must apply for Winter Warmth and/or Low-Income Energy Assistance Program first. You also need to try to make a payment agreement with the utility company.

To learn more about the Homelessness Prevention Benefit click here.

To download an application click here.

Lanark, Leeds and Grenville Addictions and Mental Health has a mobile response team that may help you to avoid eviction.

Red Cross may provide short term off-the-street shelter in emergency situations (e.g. fire or flood)

Emergency Shelters

Five short-term emergency shelters are available in Brockville and Prescott. For information please call 613-342-3840 or toll free 1-800-267-8146 extension 2129.

Two emergency youth shelters (one in Kemptville and one in Prescott) are managed by Connect Youth.