A Case For Co-ops: How Co-operative Housing Can Help Solve Hamilton’s Housing Affordability Crisis.
Representatives from two local housing co-operatives, Halam Park and Corktown, and from the Golden Horseshoe Co-operative Housing Federation will take part in the discussion. Rental co-ops reduce housing costs by taking the profit out of development. They provide mixed-income communities in which people manage their own affairs. Several local co-ops are ready to expand to … Read more
Tiny Shelters Open House
You are invited to the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters Open House. The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters is holding an open house and media day at its demonstration cabin on Friday April 1, 2022 from 10:00am to noon, in front of the Anglican Cathedral on James S. North, Hamilton. The HATS team will be … Read more
Hamilton LRT Community Dialogue
The Social Justice Team and the Hamilton Community Benefits Network are holding an in-person community consultation on the benefits we’d like to see from the construction and operation of Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit. The event is Wednesday June 22 at 6:00 p.m. in our sanctuary. To register click here. Community benefits agreements are agreements made with organizations … Read more
Housing Affordability: From Promises to Reality
What will it take to make real progress on eliminating homelessness? Housing Affordability: From Promises to Reality, January 10/23, 7 p.m. in our sanctuary. Speakers are Katherine Kalinowski, chief operating officer, Good Shepherd Centres, Graham Cubitt, director of projects and development at Indwell, Brian Sibley, executive director with Hamilton East Kiwanis Homes, and a representative … Read more