A home-sharing platform hopes to connect refugees in need of temporary housing with homeowners who have spare rooms to rent, in an effort to help ease the shelter crisis in Toronto.
The non-profit Happipad, which operates in cities across the country, opened up its Refugee Housing Canada program in the Toronto area last month after initially launching it in Metro Vancouver. The platform has begun accepting applications from potential hosts, who will eventually be matched with refugees from Happipad's partner organization in Toronto, FCJ Refugee Centre.
Happipad says its refugee housing program offers more than just a bed -- it also encourages providing newcomers with guidance in the early stages of their new lives in Canada. Happipad says hosts and refugees will be matched on the platform after identity verification, screening and police background checks are done.
The FCJ Refugee Centre, which has been operating for more than 30 years, says Toronto's shelter situation is still dire. Mary Lou Lofranco, who was one of Happipad's early registered hosts, is prepared to rent a spare room in her east-end Toronto condo to a new refugee.
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