Affordable Housing

A range of proposals for tackling homelessness and building more non-profit affordable housing were advanced at this housing event led by First Unitarian and St. Paul’s United Church, Dundas. . The meeting starts at 7:20 in the video. Katherine Kalinowski of Good Shepherd begins at 22:40 to talk about homelessness. A story of living with precarious … Read more

At our housing event this week, Brian Sibley, executive director of Kiwanis Homes, credited Sacajawea and its executive director Melanie McAulay with inspiring his organization to launch a program to build 1,000 new affordable homes by 2028. Kiwanis, with about 1,000, hadn’t built anything since the 1990s. Sacajawea, with 28 units, began a program in … Read more

Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality, January 10, 2023 –– WOW!  With more than 100 in our sanctuary and 36 online, this week’s housing event was the biggest housing event since our church started this work in 2016. And there are good signs that the proposals to build more social housing were heard at … Read more

EVENT INVITATION:    Housing Affordability: Moving from Promises to Reality Register Here Please share the invitation below, on social media or email with anyone you think might be interested. Come out and support our housing team.  ………………………………………………………………  Dear (insert name),  As someone with an interest in the critical issue of affordable housing and homelessness, you … Read more

Housing Affordability: From Promises to Reality January 10, 2023 @ 7 pm Sanctuary, The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton. Please Register Here The aim of this event is to learn what it will take to make real progress on eliminating homelessness and providing enough affordable housing for all. More than 51,000 Hamilton households pay too … Read more