Jennifer Wallace

Landlords in three of the city’s 15 wards will need an annual license and an annual fire inspection, the city’s Planning Committee decided Tuesday on a 9-2 vote. The decision needs approval of the 16-member city council. The permanent licensing program builds on a two-year pilot project in the same wards, 1, 8 and 14, … Read more

Housing expert Steve Pomeroy at McMaster has just released a report that quantifies what’s needed to provide affordable housing for everyone. We need a double double—not two creams and two sugars in our coffee, but to double the existing supply of non-profit and co-op housing and then double it again. That’s what’s needed to eliminate … Read more

The city of Hamilton saw at least eight non-profit housing projects start construction this year. When all the projects are complete in 2027, there will be 569 new non-profit units. At least half will be deeply affordable, the rest low market rents. The projects include 40 supportive housing units that Sacajawea started in September on … Read more

City of Hamilton staff have written a really clear summary of the expected impacts on tenants of the provincial government’s recently approved Bill 60.  It is bad news. According to city staff:  The bill is “expected to increase evictions in our community, with the most significant impacts being experienced by those who are already most … Read more