The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Maclean’s magazine has an interview with Hamilton’s Ward 3 Councillor Nrinder Nann, explaining the city’s new bylaw to protect tenants and deter unnecessary evictions: https://macleans.ca/society/hamilton-renoviction-policy/ The article wrongly says rents for Hamilton one-bedroom apartments doubled between 2019 and 2023. They rose a lot but not that much. Rentals.ca reports show average one-bedroom rents in vacant … Read more
‘Homelessness is a Housing Problem’: An online discussion Tuesday February 13 Many things get blamed for homelessness. So, researchers Greg Colburn and Clayton Page Aldern looked at statistics to try to explain why homelessness rates vary so wildly across the United States. Data on mental illness, drug use, poverty, weather, generosity of public assistance, and … Read more
Our congregation urges the provincial government to step up on affordable housing and homelessness. With Board approval, the Affordable Housing Team submitted a brief to the provincial consultation on the 2024 Ontario budget last week. You can read the full letter here. The letter elaborated on issues many of you supported in letters signed after … Read more