The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
Our congregation urges the provincial government to step up on affordable housing and homelessness. With Board approval, the Affordable Housing Team submitted a brief to the provincial consultation on the 2024 Ontario budget last week. You can read the full letter here. The letter elaborated on issues many of you supported in letters signed after … Read more
The Affordable Housing Team would love to hear what you are experiencing in terms of housing, whether you’ve just closed a deal to buy a home or are struggling to pay your rent, whether happily housed or hate where you live. Your stories, whether dramatic or ordinary, will help us ground our advocacy in the … Read more
Following the service on February 18th gather in Fellowship Hall with other concerned members of the congregation to share your thoughts about the Encampment Policy and Protocols at our church. In November, a man was encamped on our property and the difficult decision was made to ask him to leave. This is a difficult position … Read more
Affordable Housing Team co-chair Bill Johnston presented three recommendations when city council heard public delegations on the 2024 city budget last week. His pitch was similar to the letters that many of you signed, to the mayor and city councillors, after our November National Housing Day service. He urged funding to implement new tenant protections … Read more
Hamilton council last week unanimously approved a package of tenant protections that may become a model for cities across the country. Landlords will now need to pay for a city license to undertake renovations that require tenants to move out, as well as other measures. The Hamilton protections grew out of years of advocacy by … Read more