L’Abri en Ville

L’Abri en Ville

he Restorative Power of Community

Recipient of the 2012 Mental Health Commission of Canada Award -Community Capacity, our purpose at L’Abri en Ville is to provide stable homes and authentic community for adults diagnosed with a major mental illness.

L’Abri rents three-bedroom apartments and furnishes them attractively. Through a series of referrals and interviews, the coordinators choose three residents for each apartment. Potential residents can apply to L’Abri en Ville themselves but are more often referred by mental health professionals, and sometimes families.

Our mission at L’Abri en Ville is to provide a stable and fulfilling environment for persons with a mental illness through safe, affordable housing and inclusion in a community that supports their social, material and spiritual needs. We believe in a society in which persons with mental illness can be full, contributing members. We extend support to others interested in adopting the L’Abri en Ville model.