The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
People representing the city of Hamilton and three local agencies will discuss the challenges and future of affordable housing in Hamilton in a Zoom webinar at noon next Tuesday. Speakers are Michelle Baird, director of housing with the City of Hamilton; Katrina Gervais, a member of the Roundtable, which is organizing the event; Renee Wetselaar, … Read more
. Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing held an open house on Monday (May 5/25) for neighbours of its latest project, which will be at 95 Dundurn South, just up the street from our church. Drawings displayed at the event, held in our sanctuary, showed a building that has parking, storage and equipment spaces on the ground floor, … Read more
We have a Liberal government and three of our five local MPs are Liberals—Lisa Hepfner returns on Hamilton Mountain, John-Paul Danko in Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas, and Aslam Rana in Hamilton Centre, plus Karina Gould returning in Burlington. The Liberals committed to a number of housing proposals: Build Canada Homes, a new federal agency that will develop … Read more
One of the most exciting pieces of housing news in 2024 was the creation of the Caroline Street Housing Co-operative. In a bold move, the tenants in the building bought it from the landlord when he put it up for sale. Learn how they did that at the Affordable Housing Team’s next event on Saturday … Read more
1️⃣ Sign the Affordable Housing Team letters to the major party leaders, urging funding NOW for non-profit homes Look for the Affordable Housing Team in the foyer this Sunday where they will have letters to federal politicians you can sign—or adapt as your own. The letters make clear that, when a housing crisis meets a … Read more