Resources Exist for Networking and Training (RENT)
Are you a housing professional, community advocate, landlord, tenant, or local resident interested in learning more about current housing and homelessness issues in Toronto? Check out the links below.
You can learn about wider homelessness reduction initiatives in Toronto. Visit our housing news resources section for the latest in housing related news, upcoming events and useful tools or resources. Our Training & Events area has information on EYET’s training certificate programs and workshops.
You can also join us on Facebook.
EYET’s Sector Support Team delivers a range of professional development workshops and training programs open and accessible to housing professionals across the GTA. Each training and community engagement session offers collaborative learning opportunities, community connection and networking, and the development of skills that housing professionals can employ in their immediate work.
We offer
- The Housing Help Services Certificate (HHSC)
- Fall 2023 Housing Help Services Certificate (HHSC)
- Best Practice Series (BPS)
- Landlord Engagement Network for Eviction Prevention Network (LEN)
- Community Conversations
- Post Incarceration Life Skills in Housing Services
The following are upcoming community-based training and events for those in the housing profession, including landlords. If you would like to add to our training and events page, please email us. Please join us on Facebook for even more resources.
Welcome to the Toronto Homelessness Workspace Resource area. This is where you’ll find information and tools that are useful to housing professionals, housing advocates, landlords, and tenants.
Do you have feedback or a resource you would like to share with the community? Send us an email; training@eyetfrp.ca
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!
Covid Resources
- COVID 19 New Housing Related Resources
- Social Planning Toronto – Housing Supports, Income/Financial Supports (plus more)
- COVID-19: Mental Health Resources
- City of Toronto – COVID-19: Tenants & Property Owners (Information Hub)
- CLEO – Steps to Justice – Updates on housing law (including evictions and rent, and safety and privacy)
- Eviction Prevention Guidelines – CERA
- Income Support Programs
- City of Toronto Planned Upgrade to Centralized Waiting List Application Portal
Housing Resources
- What is Housing Help?
- Meeting in the Middle: Engagement Strategy & Action Plan (SSHA)
- Rental Housing Checklist: For Landlords, Housing Workers and Tenants
- Housing Search Checklist: Housing Professionals
- Housing Stability Service Planning Framework 2014 to 2019 (City of Toronto)
- Housing Professional: What can Housing Professionals do for you
- Eviction prevention Framework (City of Toronto)
- Good Practices for Housing Professional in the Rooming House Sector
- Rooming House Q and A: Frequently Asked Questions for Housing Professionals and Landlords
- Housing and Health: Unlocking Opportunity (City of Toronto)
- Helping People on OW and ODSP: A Resource for Toronto Housing Professionals
- Renting in Canada (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC))
- Helping People on OW and ODSP: A Resource for Toronto Housing Professionals
- Housing Help Followup: Follow up for Tenancy Support
- Services in Support of Housing Stability
- Rental Listings Websites: East York Housing Help Center Resource
- Housing TO 2020-2030 Action Plan
- Eviction Prevention Guidelines – CERA
- EYET Community Conversation Resources
- Video: LTB Mediation – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- Video: Community Mediation and Conflict Management – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- Video: Roommates and Leases – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- Video: Ending a Tenancy Early – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
Best Practice Features for Housing Professionals
- Service Partnerships: Best Practices in Service Coordination
- Health and Housing: Cross-Sector Collaboration Best Practices Feature
- Harm Reduction and Housing: Best Practice when working with Drug Users
- Housing First: Best Practice for Housing Workers
- Housing Stability Service Planning Framework 2014 to 2019 (City of Toronto)
- Renting in Canada (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC))
Resources For Landlords
- Landlord Engagement Network Working Groups
- The Landlord Engagement Toolkit: A Guide to Working with Landlords in Housing First Programs (Employment and Social Development Canada)
- Housing Stabilization: Housing Help Follow up
- Rental Unit Affordability
- Rooming Houses: Best Practices for Landlords
- Simplified Landlord Checklist : Collecting the Rent Checklist
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Electrical Safety
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Fire Safety
- Simplified Landlord Checklist_ Human Rights and Rental Housing Checklist
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Landlord and Tenant Board Notices and Applications
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Landlord and Tenant Legal Responsibilities
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Preparing for a Hearing at the LTB
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: RentSafeTO Requirements
- Landlord Engagement: Tenancy Screening and Standardized Lease
- Simplified Landlord Checklist: Vital Services
- Video: Before Renting Out Your Unit: What to Check For
- Video: Community Mediation and Conflict Management – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- Video: Roommates and Leases – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- LTB Mediation – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
- Video: Ending a Tenancy Early – Landlord Engagement Workshop for Eviction Prevention
Best Practices for Landlords
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Read the latest community news stories from Toronto and the surrounding area. If you would like to contribute to grow our community news section, please email us.
Note: Links below are redirects that will navigate you to the news source website taking you away from the Toronto Homelessness Workspace.
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