05/25/2026
We grieve with those who will lose their homes as the incredibly effective and well-evaluated House of Hope program comes to a close.
Through the leadership of London Cares, this highly supportive housing program created something many people had not experienced in years — or ever: safety, consistency, belonging, and home. Residents were supported with dignity, wraparound care, community, and hope. The results spoke for themselves. People stayed housed, emergency department visits decreased significantly, and lives began to stabilize.
Homelessness is not an individual’s shortcomings on display — it is our society’s undoing manifest in our brothers and sisters.
Programs like House of Hope remind us that when people are given the right supports, healing and stability are possible. The loss of programs like this should challenge all of us — governments, systems, communities, and neighbours — to ask what kind of society we are building and what we are willing to sustain.
We honour the staff, partners, and residents who built a community within those walls. And we grieve the uncertainty that follows for those who called it home.
In God’s great Love, all people are Beheld, Beloved, and Belong.
House of Hope has demonstrated that highly supportive housing for people with the highest needs works. Built through collaboration between London Cares, London Health Sciences Centre, the City of London, resident contributions, and community partners, House of Hope was created to support individuals...
