Find a Community Housing Unit

Community housing units are located across Niagara. To learn about the locations, sort by the name of unit, city or the number of bedrooms you need.

When you apply for community housing, you will include your preferred locations in the application.

If eligible, you will be placed on the housing wait list for those locations and contacted when a unit is available for you.

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Wait times

There is a long wait for community housing in Niagara. Be sure that you have a phone number where Housing Services can reach you or leave messages. If we cannot contact you, your application will be cancelled.

Staff do not know how long you will wait.

  • Wait times for seniors aged 55 and older
    City / town Bachelor One bedroom
    Fort Erie No units 13 years
    Grimsby No units 10 years
    Lincoln (Beamsville) No units 8 years
    Niagara-on-the-Lake No units 18 years
    Niagara Falls 7 years 5 years
    Port Colborne No units 9 years
    St. Catharines No units 7 years
    Thorold No units 12 years
    Welland No units 12 years
    West Lincoln (Smithville) No units 8 years
  • Wait times for singles aged 16 to 54
    City / town Bachelor One bedroom
    Fort Erie 12 years 14 years
    Lincoln (Beamsville) No units 14 years
    Niagara Falls No units 21 years
    Port Colborne No units 15 years
    St. Catharines 13 years 20 years
    Welland 17 years 17 years
  • Wait times for households with dependents
    City / town Two bedrooms Three bedrooms Four bedrooms Five bedrooms
    Fort Erie 4 years 7 years 10 years No units
    Lincoln (Beamsville) 14 years 8 years No units No units
    Niagara Falls 6 years 11 years 18 years 18 years
    Port Colborne 9 years 10 years 7 years No units
    St. Catharines 7 years 16 years 13 years 14 years
    Thorold 10 years 13 years No units No units
    Welland 5 years 10 years 12 years 7 years
    West Lincoln (Smithville) 14 years 7 years No units No units

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