Affordable Housing

There’s an incredible range of housing costs across Hamilton, as a recent report to city council shows. Last year, the average selling price for a home, for instance, ranged from $516,400 in the downtown area to $1.2 million in Flamborough, more than double the downtown average. Even the lowest average isn’t affordable for most Hamiltonians. … Read more

Last month, Justice Michael Gibson issued a controversial ruling that not only underlined that people have a right to housing but said people experiencing homelessness can’t be discriminated against because of their homelessness. It’s a groundbreaking ruling about housing rights. To learn more about it, register in advance for a webinar discussion next Tuesday June … Read more

A study released Monday estimates that the benefits that flow from investments in government-owned housing are worth two to three times the initial investment. The study, by the Canadian Centre for Economic Analysis, calculates not just economic spinoffs and jobs but also the social value created in terms of community well-being, stability, health improvements and … Read more

ACORN Hamilton meets Friday to continue planning its campaign to improve the city’s Housing Emergency Fund. The fund is similar to the Housing Emergency Loan Program that our congregation helped launch in 1999 and which still exists. The city fund provides emergency money to low-income Hamilton tenant households to pay rent or utility arrears and … Read more

Judge’s ground-breaking ruling says discrimination against homeless people violates the Charter; Premier threatens to use “notwithstanding” clause to overrule it An Ontario court judge has rejected a Waterloo Region attempt to evict an encampment from a site where a transit hub is being constructed. And in doing so, Justice Michael Gilson made legal history last … Read more