History of St.Clare’s

St. Clare’s was formed in 1998 by people who knew that the only way to end homelessness was to build affordable housing. Our buildings are located within a geographical area that enables us to closely supervise and implement the best property management and tenant support practises.

Recognized by TD Bank as being “… [the] model for the new approach to building social housing …” St. Clare’s is a private landlord that provides a significant contribution to the City of Toronto’s efforts to address homelessness. We do this without any government funding for our operations. We do this through thoughtful financial management, and using scarce resources efficiently.

• Minimizing arrears, evictions and vacancy loss to benefit both efficient financial management and tenants
• Build tenant capacity to maintain a landlord/tenant relationships
• Optimize scarce resource through partnership with 17 community agencies, providing our tenants with support and, in some cases, housing subsidies to make the rent affordable;

Our innovative approach and vision in securing the property, financing, and resources has worked to build 177 units of ‘geared to income’ housing and facilitate collaborations with developers to build another 190 new units, committing to the creation of a mixed income community that offers affordable and adequate space for families and those in the shelter system.