Affordable Housing

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

Amanda Dick, one of the local tenants who spoke at our Nov. 15th event, described the fears she and the other tenants, many of them seniors, are feeling since their landlord filed to evict them from 103 Emerald Street South. Now we can support them in their fight to save their homes. Join a protest … Read more

Last Friday’s Keys to Affordable Housing: A Hamilton-Burlington Tenant Forum, was a big success. Counting the online audience, 100 people heard Hamilton tenants talk about the challenges they face, including threats, usually from corporate landlords, to evict longtime tenants from relatively affordable units. Sharlene Henry, speaking in the photo, helped lead a rent strike that … Read more

Keys to Affordable Housing, A Hamilton-Burlington Tenant Forum Friday November 15, 2024 In-person or online (see below link) Doors open at 5:45pm, Housing forum 6:00pm to 9:00pm The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton, 170 Dundurn St. South, Hamilton . ➡  View this event online:  https://vimeo.com/event/4723982  

Some Ontario mayors have asked Premier Ford to use the notwithstanding clause to cancel the human rights of people experiencing homelessness and living in encampments. The Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness has organized a campaign to oppose this and push for real solutions to homelessness. At  https://action.caeh.ca/homelessness-crisis-not-crime?utm_campaign=eml_071124_caeh_ont_notwithsta&utm_medium=email&utm_source=caeh you can sign a letter to our city … Read more