Affordable Housing

Hamilton received far less federal funding for new affordable housing than many other Ontario cities, housing consultant Steve Pomeroy told city council last week. He laid out a framework on what’s happening and what the city should do that will guide city policy on housing affordability and homelessness for the next few years. Read a … Read more

If you are curious about our church’s work on housing affordability, consider joining next meeting on the morning of Monday March 13. Contact housing@uuhamilton.ca to learn more or to get the exact time and link. The team, with a team from St. Paul’s United, is planning what to do in 2023, including a possible event … Read more

On March 8th, you can hear one of Canada’s best-informed housing experts talk about Hamilton’s housing affordability crisis. Steve Pomeroy, executive advisor to the Canadian Housing Evidence Collaborative at McMaster, will describe the policies, programs and practices that hand landed Canada, and especially Hamilton, in a crisis and what must be done to create a … Read more

SAFE explores the housing and opioid crisis through the stories of tenants that live at Indwell’s affordable, supportive housing programs. Following the screening, Indwell staff will host a brief Q&A. Contains strong language and mature subject matter. SAFE Documentary Screening Thursday, March 2, 2023 at 7:00 pm.  The Westdale Reserve FREE tickets here: https://www.thewestdale.ca/event/safe-documentary-screening/  

The City of Hamilton is considering what to do to protect tenants when landlords seek to evict them to do major renovations. Specifically, the city is considering whether to apply the kinds of rules adopted by the city of New Westminster, B.C. which significantly reduced renovictions. You can fill in the survey at https://engage.hamilton.ca/renovictionpolicy until … Read more