About Us
The Heart Behind Asher's Place
Who we are, our why, our mission, our vision, and the objectives guiding our first 20 units.
Who We Are & Our Why
The Heart Behind Asher's Place
Founded as a proactive response to Ontario's visible housing crisis, Asher's Place Community Homes is an incorporated provincial non-profit organization. Our Why is simple: many people experiencing homelessness—whether stuck in emergency shelter systems or coming out of mental health rehabilitation—possess the daily living skills needed to thrive independently, yet they experience recurring housing failures simply due to a lack of structured daytime stabilization, baseline accountability, and targeted care.
Our Mission: To bridge the critical gap between homelessness—including emergency shelter dependency—and permanent independence by providing stable, affordable housing coupled with targeted, daytime mobile case management.
Our Vision: A future where temporary vulnerability does not lead to permanent homelessness, and where community-based, public-private partnerships create sustainable paths to lifelong housing stability.
Immediate Rehousing
Move 20 low-to-moderate acuity individuals into dignified, scattered-site, or clustered apartment units this year.
Fiduciary & Risk Integrity
Maintain strict, dual-signatory financial controls and PHIPA-compliant data networks to protect our participants, lenders, and community partners.
Systemic Alleviation
Actively collaborate with regional municipal governments to systematically reduce the strain on local emergency shelter infrastructures.
Community Partnership
Build lasting public-private partnerships with landlords, lenders, and neighbors that create sustainable paths to lifelong housing stability.