The challenge: Most neurodivergent young adults—in their late 20s, 30s, even 40s—are still living at home with their aging parents, with no opportunity for training to live elsewhere and limited housing options available.
Government-run group homes are the primary option; the waitlist is long, sometimes more than a decade. Because the province of Quebec triages applicants, housing is offered to adults when they are in crisis (such as when parents die), and many have never lived outside the family home.
The solution: Alink is developing housing PODS™–or Planned Opportunities for Development and Support, an alternative model of housing that provides housing readiness training along with opportunities to live within, not apart from, the community.
The model envisions small groups of adults, trained in life skills, renting apartments within buildings open to everyone and sharing support supervised by Alink. The first pod launched in early 2026 and more are in development. Our housing readiness program in a simulated duplex is scheduled to launch in late 2026.
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