Affordable Housing

No country has come closer to ending homelessness than Finland. Sign up for a webinar on Tuesday January 16, 8 to 10 p.m. by going to  https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/virtual_ending_homelessness_is_possible_lessons_from_finland Two Finnish officials will participate, along with federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Jocelyn Formsma, CEO of Canada’s National Association of Friendship Centres.     Webinar Tuesday January … Read more

Thank you. A near-final tally shows that you donated $5,065 through the Christmas Eve offering to our housing partner, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing Inc. Thank you so much. That money will help Sacajawea to buy the appliances for tenants who will move into the new 16 Steven Street building (at left) in May. Sacajawea is deeply … Read more

Just before Christmas, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing staff members Miranda Rappazzo and Lisa Pottruff graciously led members of our congregation on a tour of several of their buildings that have benefitted from donations by our congregation. We saw the cultural room at Sacajawea’s 23-unit building at 18 West Avenue South. From the street, the room is … Read more

  A preliminary count shows that you donated $2,720 through the Christmas Eve offering, to help our housing partner, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing Inc., acquire the appliances tenants who will move into its 16 Steven Street project in May. That is almost double our donations the previous year, with additional donations yet to be counted. Sacajawea … Read more

Each year at the Christmas Eve service, the offering goes to a charity chosen by the Social Justice Team. This year’s will go to our housing partner, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing’, to buy appliances for their latest project, turning the old Pearl Company on Steven Street into affordable homes for Indigenous Hamiltonians. Please give generously in one of four … Read more