The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
. Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing held an open house on Monday (May 5/25) for neighbours of its latest project, which will be at 95 Dundurn South, just up the street from our church. Drawings displayed at the event, held in our sanctuary, showed a building that has parking, storage and equipment spaces on the ground floor, … Read more
We have a Liberal government and three of our five local MPs are Liberals—Lisa Hepfner returns on Hamilton Mountain, John-Paul Danko in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, and Aslam Rana in Hamilton Centre, plus Karina Gould returning in Burlington. The Liberals committed to a number of housing proposals: Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency that will develop … Read more
One of the most exciting pieces of housing news in 2024 was the creation of the Caroline Street Housing Co-operative. In a bold move, the tenants in the building bought it from the landlord when he put it up for sale. Learn how they did that at the Affordable Housing Team’s next event on Saturday … Read more
1️⃣ Sign the Affordable Housing Team letters to the major party leaders, urging funding NOW for non-profit homes Look for the Affordable Housing Team in the foyer this Sunday where they will have letters to federal politicians you can sign—or adapt as your own. The letters make clear that, when a housing crisis meets a … Read more
Mostly in their own words, here are their housing platforms. The Conservative Party will axe the sales tax on new homes, saving families up to $65,000 on the purchase of a home and $3,000 on yearly mortgage payments while spurring a homebuilding boom. sell off 6,000 federal buildings and thousands of acres of federal … Read more