Jennifer Wallace

Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing will celebrate the start of its next project, Thursday June 25, at 11 a.m., just up the street from the church at 95 Dundurn South.  This attractively-designed five-storey building will house about 30 Indigenous students attending either McMaster or Mohawk, with flexibility to suit students who are, for instance, married or have … Read more

Wealth concentration increased in Canada between 1999 and 2023. In Ontario, the top 0.01 per cent of families had an average of $546 million in wealth, while the bottom half of the population averaged just $137,000, according to a new report from Canadians for Tax Fairness. https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/civicrm/mailing/view?id=1112&reset=1 Even a small tax on the wealth of … Read more

There’s an incredible range of housing costs across Hamilton, as a recent report to city council shows. Last year, the average selling price for a home, for instance, ranged from $516,400 in the downtown area to $1.2 million in Flamborough, more than double the downtown average. Even the lowest average isn’t affordable for most Hamiltonians. … Read more

Last month, Justice Michael Gibson issued a controversial ruling that not only underlined that people have a right to housing but said people experiencing homelessness can’t be discriminated against because of their homelessness. It’s a groundbreaking ruling about housing rights. To learn more about it, register in advance for a webinar discussion next Tuesday June … Read more