New Transitional Housing for Families

Located at 45 Glenn Hawthorne Blvd., Ward 5, central Mississauga, Angela’s Place will provide 20 self-contained units designed for families in transition – those experiencing homelessness or acute instability, living in shelters or struggling in such circumstances as job loss, medical problems or family breakdowns.

Angela’s Place tackles the increase in homelessness among Peel families and the disturbing presence of children in our emergency shelters. The resident families will have case-managed support services available on-site to get them back on their feet and help them to obtain and maintain permanent housing.

Angela’s Place was the brainchild of the Family Housing Work Group established to address issues raised by Peel's Task Force on Homelessness. Work Group members are from the Peel Region's departments of Housing and Property and Social Services, the Peel faith community and community-based agencies. The building is named after Angela Moylett, a former Ontario Works in Peel employee who passed away in 2004 and was known for her contributions to the community.

Design and lay-out details:

• An attractive townhouse-style, 3-storey structure with 20 apartments: three one-bedroom, 14 two-bedroom and three 3-bedroom units. There are three one-bedroom apartments, one barrier-free accessible, and two 2-bedroom apartments on the ground floor. The second floor contains 12 two-bedroom apartments and three 3-bedroom apartments. All apartments on the second floor are two level units with a living/dining and a kitchen on the second floor and bedrooms and a washroom on the third floor level.
  
• Each apartment has been fully furnished to accommodate the residents’ needs;
  
• A common room and laundry room are located on the ground floor for use by all residents, as well as an office for on-site staff;
  
• The basement area consists of a Program Office, a large multi-purpose space and several service areas, lockers and storages;
  
• Central air-conditioning;
  
• An elevator to allow for easy movement by residents and staff;
  
• The building has been constructed out of steel beams and columns and pre-cast hollow core concrete slab;
  
• The exterior is finished in brick veneer and vinyl siding;
  
• The roof is flat with a mechanical penthouse located on the west side;
  
• A white TPO-rubber roof membrane has been installed to allow for easy maintenance and reduced a heat gain during hot summer months.

The first residents arrived in their new units in June 2005 and began to receive social supports from community social service agencies and regional and municipal service bodies which operate in the building 24 hours per day on a year-round basis. Ontario Works in Peel co-ordinates all program operations through its on-site operator, the Salvation Army.

Region of Peel staff, agency workers and citizens did some digging in June 2005 to plant a wonderful on-site garden dedicated to Angela Moylett. In May 2001, the Peel Living Board authorized the dedication of surplus lands next to their Britannia Place family apartment building to the development. It is being financed with federal SCPI funds and Regional social housing reserve funds.