Month: November 2024

Last Friday’s Keys to Affordable Housing: A Hamilton-Burlington Tenant Forum, was a big success. Counting the online audience, 100 people heard Hamilton tenants talk about the challenges they face, including threats, usually from corporate landlords, to evict longtime tenants from relatively affordable units. Sharlene Henry, speaking in the photo, helped lead a rent strike that … Read more

Keys to Affordable Housing, A Hamilton-Burlington Tenant Forum Friday November 15, 2024 In-person or online (see below link) Doors open at 5:45pm, Housing forum 6:00pm to 9:00pm The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. South, Hamilton . ➡  View this event online:  https://vimeo.com/event/4723982  

Some Ontario mayors have asked Premier Ford to use the notwithstanding clause to cancel the human rights of people experiencing homelessness and living in encampments. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has organized a campaign to oppose this and push for real solutions to homelessness. At  https://action.caeh.ca/homelessness-crisis-not-crime?utm_campaign=eml_071124_caeh_ont_notwithsta&utm_medium=email&utm_source=caeh you can sign a letter to our city … Read more

Our biggest and we hope best public event on the challenges of affordable housing and the solutions is tomorrow evening, 6-9 in our sanctuary. Doors open at 5:45. If you haven’t, please register at Eventbrite https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/keys-to-affordable-housing-a-hamilton-burlington-tenant-forum-tickets-1060413889489 and come and bring friends. If you can’t attend in person, please email housing@uuhamilton.ca and we’ll send you the … Read more