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Toronto hospital housing model ‘a gift’ to residents as ER visits reduced by half
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Boozary and the hospital network teamed up with Fred Victor, a non-profit housing and social services organization led by a kindred spirit, CEO Keith Hambly.
Residents began moving into Dunn House in the Parkdale neighbourhood a year ago.
With help from the University of Toronto and Harvard University, Boozary is tracking 48 Dunn House residents on their housing journey.
Before those 48 residents moved into Dunn House, they cost emergency departments $788,000 over one year.
One day, while in hospital, organizers approached him with an offer to live at Dunn House.