Affordable Housing

A new study has found that the economic wellbeing of households in non-market rental housing is higher than that of renters with similar characteristics in private market housing or even renters in market housing who get rent subsidies. Read the summary here https://affordablehousingaction.org/rental-housing-types-and-economic-wellbeing-in-canada/ The summary includes a link to the full study. 

Three members of our Affordable Housing Team joined tenants at 103 Emerald Street South last Friday as they protested potential loss of their homes. Amanda Dick, who led the event, said the new owner, Endless Properties, issued N13 eviction notices to tenants in all 30 of the units, so renovations could be done. One resident, … Read more

  … you can read a succinct summary of the views of one of the two keynote speakers at our event, Dr. Carolyn Whitzman, here: https://mailchi.mp/chec-ccrl/november-2024-chec-perspective?e=6b5a761178 

Five members of the Affordable Housing Team spoke at last Sunday’s National Housing Day service.  Through different stories and emphases, two themes were central. First, we need to remove exceptions to rent control laws that allow huge rent increases and no-fault evictions that are making rents unaffordable, creating insecurity for tenants and resulting in massive … Read more

The city of Hamilton is marking this year’s National Housing Day with an event on Friday December 6, 10 a.m. to noon in the city council chambers. There will be updates on affordable housing programs, the city’s renoviction bylaw, and a panel on the tenant support program featuring ACORN, the legal clinic and the Housing Help … Read more