Affordable Housing

Three bishops, a United Church regional leader and Rev. Danie have signed a letter that calls for major provincial efforts to preserve existing affordable housing, to protect tenants, and to fund a huge increase in the number of non-profit and co-op housing units in Ontario. The letter, drafted by our affordable housing team, has been … Read more

A report by the Maytree Foundation shows that spending on affordable housing and homelessness is about where it was a decade ago. And current spending is only half of what’s needed to end chronic homelessness, which is a small part of the crisis of unaffordable and increasingly precarious housing. The chart at right shows that … Read more

  Detail and sources (in alphabetical order) Allow fourplexes and four-storey apartments in neighbourhoods province-wide Allow mid-rise buildings ranging from six to 11 stories on transit corridors and main streets.  Work with nonprofits to build 310,000 new affordable non-profit and co-op homes, including 60,000 supportive homes with wraparound supports. (No time frame was given.)  Remove … Read more

Our Affordable Housing Team is small but committed to the work of education and advocacy for preserving existing affordable housing and building more, as well as fundraising for Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing Inc. If you have an interest in housing affordability, the team could use your passion and skills. Email housing@uuhamilton.ca to learn more or contact … Read more

Thank you for your Christmas Eve donations to Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing. You gave $3,125 that will help furnish Sacajawea’s next project, a 40-unit supportive housing project on Gage Avenue North (concept drawing, Invizij Architects). Construction may start as soon as late March. A second project, on the empty lot at 95 Dundurn St. South at … Read more