Are you facing homelessness?  Do you have an emergency? 
Resources that can help are listed below.

(Visit our Tenant Rights page for more information for tenants.)

Housing Emergencies

Domestic Violence -- Emergency Shelters,  Crisis Lines

Housing Emergencies

Visit the Ministry of Community and Social Services Homelessness Helplines page for the South East Region for where to call when you are in need of emergency shelter. This page provides places to call for those living in Hastings, Prince Edward and Lennox and Addington Counties.

We have also prepared a List of Rent Assistance and Housing Resources for Hastings, Lennox & Addington and Prince Edward Counties. This is a list of places you can get funds from to help you with your rent arrears.

Your local Ontario Works office can provide assistance for emergency housing if you have become homeless even if you are not currently a recipient of Ontario Works. If you are a recipient of Ontario Works (or Ontario Disability) and are being evicted for rent arrears, you can request Community Start-Up and Maintenance Benefits (CSUMB) to help pay these arrears and prevent your eviction or to pay start up costs at a new residence.

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) has publications available on Eviction and Fighting an Eviction.

Hastings County

The Hastings Housing Resource Centre (HHRC) provides assistance locating and securing immediate temporary and permanent housing for residents of Hastings County.  They provide listings of available housing, information and support to tenants. Landlords can list units for free.

The HHRC provides emergency assistance information on their site.  This emergency help page will provide you with information (for Belleville, Quinte West, Centre Hastings and North Hastings) on the following:

•  housing

•  food

•  shelters (for women and children)

•  addiction

•  financial assistance (Ontario Works emergency fund, community trust)

•  counselling

•  medical help

•  clothing

Prince Edward and Lennox & Addington Counties

Housing Outreach Program

This program (in Prince Edward and Lennox and Addington Counties only), by Prince Edward - Lennox and Addington Social Services, offers a one time assistance loan, to a maximum of $1000, and includes an agreement to repay.

Domestic Violence

Emergency Shelters   -   Crisis Lines

Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO)

CLEO produces two pamphlets on domestic violence: "Do You Know a Woman Who is Being Abused?" is available online here, as well as "Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence" (this link is to the web page the pamphlet is located on - scroll down to "Immigration and Refugee Fact Sheets" and click on the pamphlet name).

Ontario Women's Justice Network

The Ontario Women's Justice Network is an online legal resource for women's organizations and individuals working on issues related to justice and violence against women and children.  This site also has a page dedicated to rural women called the Rural Women's Justice Guide.

CLEONet

Visit the CLEONet website to view their pages on partner abuse and family law.

Advocacy Centre for the Elderly (ACE)

The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly is a clinic specializing in assisting low income seniors.  Their Elder Abuse page provides definitions of abuse and links to FAQ's, ACE publications and other sources of information.

Emergency Shelters for Women & Children

Belleville
 Three Oaks Foundation (613) 966-3074 or 1-800-267-0533
 serves all of Hastings and Prince Edward County

Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory
  Red Cedars Shelter (613) 967-2003 or 1-800-672-9515

  This shelter serves both aboriginal and non-aboriginal women

Bancroft
  Maggie's Resource Centre (613) 332-3010

Picton
  Alternatives for Women (613) 476-2787 or Toll Free 1-877-499-6636

Madoc
  Three Oaks Foundation (613) 473-1976 or Toll Free 1-888-275-0710
 

 (Note: Madoc office doesn’t actually have a shelter. The office is for ongoing
   counselling and outreach purposes. You can call this number in any event and if
   need be the call will be directly rolled over to the Belleville line, and the Belleville
   office will make shelter arrangements.)

Napanee
  Lennox & Addington Interval House  613-354-1010 or Toll Free 1-800-667-1010
 

Crisis Lines (24 hour service)

Belleville
   Three Oaks Foundation (613) 966-3074 or 1-800-267-0533
 

   Sexual Assault Centre for Quinte & District (613) 967-6000 or 1-800-909-7007
 

   Crisis Intervention Centre:
       ● Direct Line - (613) 962-7227 OR 1-888-757-7766
       ● Quinte Health Care - (613) 969-7400 ext. 2753 OR (613) 969-5511 ext. 2753
 

  Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Response Program (DV/SARP):
       ● Quinte Health Care (613) 969-7400, ext 2095 or 1-877-477-8617

Picton
   Alternatives for Women (613) 476-2787 or Toll Free 1-877-499-6636

Madoc
   Three Oaks Foundation (613) 473-1976 or Toll Free 1-888-275-0710

Napanee
   Lennox & Addington Interval House  613-354-1010 or Toll Free 1-800-667-1010


For non-sexual abuse or abuse not by an intimate partner:

   Counselling Services of Belleville and District - 966-7413