Housing Help

Do you need help to find affordable housing in Toronto?  Are you currently homeless or at risk of becoming homeless?  Visit us at the East York Housing Help Centre, where we help people find housing and keep their present housing by offering a full suite of financial assistance and homelessness prevention programs.

Our hours of operation are Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm. 

Our East York Housing Help Centre housing professionals will assist you in finding housing that is suited to your needs and budget. This includes assistance with private market apartment searches, complete and update applications for transitional housing, supportive housing, and My Access to Housing (previously Housing Connections). Our housing professionals also help you with housing-related financial applications.

You can call our office at 416-698-9306 or email for more information.

If you are seeking assistance for the Toronto Rent Bank Program, please call 416-397-7368 (RENT).  Please do not contact the Housing Help Centre. Thanks!

The East York Housing Help Centre can help you apply for different financial assistance programs to help you cover some costs associated with monthly housing expenses.  This includes the Toronto Rent Bank which helps with arrears or first and last month’s rent, the  Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LEAP) which helps you with your hydro and gas bills if you are in arrears, and the Ontario Energy Support Program (OESP) which offers rebates to help lower your monthly hydro bills.

You can call our office at 416-698-9306 or email for more information.

If you are seeking assistance for the Toronto Rent Bank Program, please call 416-397-7368 (RENT).  Please do not contact the Housing Help Centre. Thanks!

The East York Housing Help Centre has tenancy support specialists who can help you to stabilize your housing by assisting you to mediate with your landlord, supporting you with information about landlord and tenant rights and responsibilities and the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB), and connecting you to valuable community services that will help you stay in your home.

Call our office at 416-698-9306 or email us for more information. If you are seeking assistance for the Toronto Rent Bank Program, please call 416-397-7368 (RENT).  Please do not contact the Housing Help Centre. Thanks!

Sign-up to receive our weekly Affordable Housing List with information on currently available affordable market rent apartments advertised online.

We invite landlords to submit your unit(s) so that we can add to our Housing listing.  To advertise your unit, please email us today.

We also offer drop-in clinic services at community partner locations across Toronto’s east end on specific days of the week.  You can call our office at 416-698-9306 to book an appointment.

If you are seeking assistance for the Toronto Rent Bank Program, please call 416-397-7368 (RENT).  Please do not contact the Housing Help Centre. Thanks!