Our Objectives
Develop and launch an inclusive housing index and policy reform strategy to transform congregate, segregate housing to inclusive housing.
Why It Matters
While many large-scale institutions in Canada are closing, almost 30,000 adults with an intellectual disability live in congregate residential facilities and group homes, with little or no control over where and with whom they live or how they spend their days.
More than 10,000 adults with an intellectual disability under the age of 65 are living in nursing homes because they cannot access inclusive housing and the supports needed to live in community. With recent federal “rapid housing investments” through the National Housing Strategy and Canada’s Housing Plan, there is a disturbing re-emergence of congregate options as a solution to housing availability.
Our Vision
People with an intellectual disability have the supports they require to live in typical homes in community, where they can exercise choice and control over their lives.
How You Can Help
Inclusion Canada hosts free, 35-minute Inclusion Matters Tours to raise awareness of Inclusion Canada’s work toward building an inclusive Canada for people with an intellectual disability and their families.
Our Work
What We're Doing
Inclusion Canada is advocating to stop federal investment in congregate housing options for people with disabilities. We’re pushing to have this money used for inclusive community options instead. We’re also advocating for changes to the Registered Disability Savings Plan to better support housing needs.
Through our national My Home My Community initiative, we’re creating innovative tools and providing guidance to help housing developers, community organizations, policymakers, and funders develop inclusive housing in community. We’re spreading awareness about how to move toward community living for all people with an intellectual disability, including people currently institutionalized. We’re showing what inclusive housing looks like using real-life models that can be replicated in communities across Canada. This helps families envision inclusive options, and helps partners create them.
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