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The YWCA Elm Centre has 300 affordable apartments for single low-income women, women with children, women living with mental health and addiction issues and families of Aboriginal ancestry.
300 apartments
• 150 units are rent-geared-to-income (RGI).
• 100 of the 150 RGI apartments are for women with mental health and/or addictions issues. These tenants receive individualized support to help them identify and achieve goals — and live full lives.
• 150 units are affordable apartments (low end of market).
& their families
• 50 of the 150 RGI units are for families of Aboriginal ancestry.
• 15% of the 300 units are for women over the age of 50.
• The YWCA Elm Centre was developed in partnership with Wigwamen Incorporated, St. Michael’s Hospital and the Jean Tweed Centre.
YWCA Elm Centre: A Community hub
• 180-seat auditorium (Nancy’s), reception hall (The Rotary Club of Toronto Reception Hall) and courtyard (Hon. Margaret & Mr. G. Wallace F. McCain Courtyard)
• community meeting rooms
• restaurant (opening in late 2012)
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