Homelessness Prevention Program

The Homelessness Prevention Program ( HPP ) is a provincially-funded program that supports Ontario’s 47 municipal service managers to provide affordable housing and support services for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness.

The objective of the program is to support service managers in preventing, addressing and reducing homelessness, including chronic homelessness.

In March 2022, the government announced the new Homelessness Prevention Program ( HPP ), which consolidates three Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing ( MMAH ) programs – the Community Homelessness Prevention Initiative ( CHPI ), Home for Good ( HFG ), and the Strong Communities Rent Supplement Program ( SCRSP ).

Service managers receive funding from the province through the Homelessness Prevention Program to develop and deliver programs and supports to address homelessness that best meet local needs.

Homelessness Support Operations includes the administration of operating and capital funding to municipal Service Managers under the Homelessness Prevention Program ( HPP ), to Indigenous Program Administrators under the Indigenous Supportive Housing Program ( ISHP ), and affordability payments under the legacy program - Home for Good.

The provincial government does not directly deliver supports for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. If you need help, please contact your local service manager.

Under the HPP, service managers can create their own local programs under four broad service categories.

Service Managers may also use HPP funding towards capital expenditures to support the creation and renewal of supportive housing and emergency shelters.

Service managers are required to complete an annual investment plan outlining how they plan to use their HPP allocations each year for ministry approval.

As a condition of HPP funding, service managers must continue maintaining their By-Name List in accordance with provincial requirements and implement the new requirements outlined in this guideline by April 1, 2023.

Through the Homelessness Prevention Program (HPP), shelters in the Kenora District provided support to 659 unique individuals in 2025.

Goal 3: Maintain and support those currently housed Current strategies to support residents who are at risk of homelessness with Homelessness Prevention Program funding.