Bill Johnston In The News

Affordable Housing Team co-chair Bill Johnston was quoted in a recent article in the Dundas Star News on how the pandemic has affected seniors’ housing options. He provided some of the statistics in the report as well. Click here to read the article:  https://www.thestar.com/local-dundas/news/2022/02/23/our-changed-world-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-may-change-seniors-housing.html?itm_source=parsely-api 

Event: Ontario For All – Panel on Housing Policies

The housing policies we need in Ontario Ontario for All is hosting a panel on the housing policies Ontario needs from its next government: March 7, 2:30-4 p.m. Representatives from the Co-operative Housing Federation, Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness, Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation, Mainstay Housing, and the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario will … Read more

Event: How To Make Inclusionary Zoning Work For Hamiltonians

Inclusionary zoning in Hamilton  Through inclusionary zoning, cities can require residential developers building along major transit routes to make a percentage of their units “affordable.” Join a conversation with Environment Hamilton, ACORN Hamilton and the Hamilton Community Benefits Network on how to make inclusionary zoning work for Hamiltonians on March 10, 6:30 p.m, on Zoom. You … Read more

Latest Rent Increase Figures

The average rent rose by 6.2 per cent in the old city of Hamilton in 2021. The average increase in Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough and Glanbrook was 8 per cent; in Stoney Creek and Grimsby, 3.8.  Yet 2021 was a year in which the province imposed a rent freeze. How is that possible?  Mostly because when … Read more