Housing and Community Centres
Housing and Community Centres
Find housing and community spaces where you can be yourself.
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All-Gender Housing
At Housing & Residence Life at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU), we work to ensure that residence is an inclusive and welcoming community for everyone. All-gender housing means that you only need to disclose your gender if you’d like to be matched with a roommate or suite mate of the same gender identity as yours.
External Housing and Shelter Options
Cool People Houses
Follow @coolpeoplehouses on Instagram (external link) to find housing or roommates, including 2SLGBTQ-friendly listings.
Homes for Queers Toronto
Explore this Facebook group to find housing (external link) and roommates, with 2SLGBTQ listings only.
Pacewood Via the 519 and Homes First
This shelter is dedicated to LGBTQ+ newcomers (external link) who’ve arrived through a refugee pathway. The space prioritizes trans, gender diverse and non-binary folks, and is the first shelter space exclusively for 2SLGBTQ+ adults in Toronto.
YMCA Sprott House
This offers transitional housing (external link) catering to 2SLGBTQIA+ youth aged 16-24, for time periods of one year per resident.
The 519
The 519 (external link) is a City of Toronto-affiliated, community-led centre serving 2SLGBTQ+ individuals. They offer drop-in spaces, legal clinics and housing assistance. They also offer youth and senior programming, family supports, mental health and substance-use peer groups, anti-violence initiatives, arts and culture, sports, newcomer settlement and leadership training.
Friends of Ruby
This Toronto non-profit is dedicated to the holistic wellbeing of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth (external link) . They provide free, trauma-informed mental health counselling, practical supports and case management. They also operate a welcoming drop-in centre offering meals, harm reduction kits, computer access, peer groups and community events. Friends of Ruby also runs a custom-built transitional housing program for youth needing safe, supportive living environments.