About Us

About Us

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

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… Read more…

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L’Abri’s Beginning

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… Read more

Governance

L’Abri en Ville is guided by a working Board of Directors, an Advisory Council, an Executive Director and Coordinators.

The members of the board are drawn from various sectors of the community, providing a knowledgeable and compassionate base for… Read more

Our board team (from left to right) front row: Dale MacDonald, Pepita Capriolo, Cecily Lawson, Richard Dufour. Back row: Sam Beitel, Sue Purcell, Luke Gruber, Maxene Rodrigues, Jane Bourke, Sandra Baines, Afric Eustace, Gulam Sohrab. Missing from photo: Sharyn Scott, Charles Pearo.