Windsor Residence

To provide single, low-income adult men and women with safe affordable permanent housing and temporary accommodations for single men and women who require emergency shelter and who are able to live independently. The residence at 1101 McDougall, which opened December 1, 1989, was built as a result of need for permanent housing for low-income men an... d women in our community. The McDougall site was officially opened on December 1, 1989. Built by Roko Construction Ltd., the architect was Joe Passa. The six-floor apartment building was constructed with 70 bachelor suites and 5 two-bedroom suites for permanent housing, 6 of which are dedicated as accessible units, with tenants who are provided with 24 hour care from the Association for Persons With Physical Disabilities. This agency also called A.P.P.D, has an on-site office, which is staffed 24 hours per day making independent living possible. There are also 5 additional bachelor units, which are used for people in the community who are in need of clean and safe emergency bachelor suites for a total of 80 units. The Dougall street residence located at 455 Dougall was also built as a result of the need for permanent housing for low-income single men and women in our community. It was opened on May, 1st, 1995, built by Marathon Construction Ltd. And the architect was John Hreno. The Dougall residence also has six floors with fifty-six one bedroom apartments, five of which are dedicated as accessible units, with tenants who are provided with 24 hour care from A.P.P.D, who use one additional unit as an office which is staffed 24 hours per day. Both McDougall and Dougall residences are classed as adult buildings and occupancy is denied to persons less than 16 yrs of age. Both buildings presently receive funding from the City of Windsor, under a new department of social housing. Our emergency shelter component, consisting of three completely renovated and accessible furnished bachelor suites is presently utilized to capacity, with referrals on a daily basis from social ...Read More