Affordable Housing

It would take nearly two decades for family-sized homes in Hamilton-Burlington to become affordable to young adults with middle-class incomes if home prices don’t fall. And that’s based on assumptions that exclude a lot of people from even imagining homeownership.  In truth, prices do need to fall if young adults are ever to afford to … Read more

Prime Minister Mark Carney wants Canada to build 500,000 housing units a year, twice the current level. But he hasn’t committed to a goal for non-profit and co-op housing, the kind of housing needed by low- and middle-income households who struggle to pay for-profit rents. We need those numbers to double, too, and then to … Read more

Thank you, too, to those who signed letters to Prime Minister Carney, asking him to commit to, and fund, a half million new non-profit housing units by 2030 and another half million by 2035. And thanks to those who visited with the ACORN Hamilton and Sacajawea tables. We are heartened by your interest in our … Read more

Here’s a chance to deepen your housing knowledge—an online book club every other month to discuss books about housing. Organized by the Canadian Housing and Renewal Association, the next discussion is Friday, June 13, 1:30-3 p.m. The book is This House is Not a Home by Katlia Lafferty (two copies in the Hamilton public library … Read more

The Speech from the Throne that opened the latest session of the federal Parliament this past Tuesday was vague, as speeches from the throne always are—even vaguer than campaign pitches. Given that, it’s worth noting that housing was mentioned more often than the other focus areas of our congregation.  There were six references to housing … Read more