KDSB Housing and Homelessness Programs

As the Service Manager for the Kenora District, the KDSB plays a key role in addressing housing and homelessness across the District.

The KDSB also administers homeless support and prevention programs throughout the Kenora District.

KDSB Community Housing Services offers:

• Supportive Housing programs
• Affordable Housing units
• Market Rental Housing units
• Rent-Geared-to-Income programs
• Homelessness Prevention Programs
• Coordinated Access/By-Name List

The By-Name List is a real-time list of people experiencing homelessness in our District.

Data is used to effectively match individuals to housing solutions and supports.

Anyone who is homeless or precariously housed can be on the By-Name List. This might include those who sleep outdoors, or who are couch surfing, or those who access Emergency Shelters.

As of May 21, 2024, KDSB offices will be accepting applications for all programs, Affordable, Market Rent, as well as Rent Geared to Income for each community throughout the KDSB housing portfolio.

The District is home to between 65,500 and 75,000 people in a catchment area of 407,000 km2.

The waitlist for community housing in the Kenora District is currently approximately 1,100 people long.

There is a significant need for transitional and long-term supportive housing in the Kenora District.

Top reasons provided for homelessness in the 2025 enumeration included health and addictions, household conflict, incarceration, legacy involvement with child protection, job loss and unsafe housing conditions.

As of December 2025, through Coordinated Access, 99 individuals have been housed since 2023.