Northcote
January 14, 2022
Northcote is one of our supportive housing sites; it is a six‐bedroom rooming house located in the Queen and Dufferin area and houses 6 adult
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Northcote is one of our supportive housing sites; it is a six‐bedroom rooming house located in the Queen and Dufferin area and houses 6 adult
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Strachan House consists of 12 houses, each with their own kitchen, bathrooms and common area. Strachan houses 83 individuals in private units, and 5 in emergency shelter beds. In 1999 Levitt Goodman Architects, the architects behind Strachan’s unique interior, were awarded the Governor General’s Medal of Excellence for its design.
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Photo by Andrew Francis Wallace