Affordable Housing

December 1, 6:30-9:30pm, there will be a Sip and Shop event at The Handmade House, 71 King Street West, Dundas. Have a glass of wine and shop. Ten per cent of all sales will be donated to the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS). There will also be warm HATS toques for sale for a … Read more

  The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS) will present to the City of Hamilton’s Emergency and Community Services Committee on Thursday December 1st, likely near the beginning of the 1:30 p.m. meeting.  You can watch. Go to the city’s meeting calendar (link below) and click on the “1:30 Emergency” meeting.   https://www.hamilton.ca/city-council/council-committee/council-committee-meetings/meetings-agendas-video#meeting-calendarlisting 

How to Write a Good Letter to a Politician, Wednesday Nov 30 1pm.  RSVP for Zoom link The Affordable Housing Team is grateful to the 30 people who stayed after the service Sunday to ask questions and learn more about affordable housing. One request was for some guidance on how to write a good letter … Read more

What the Government doesn’t know about Homelessness can Hurt In her recent report on chronic homelessness, federal Auditor General Karen Hogan reported the following: Infrastructure Canada spent $1.36 billion between 2019 and 2021 on preventing and reducing homelessness, but “did not know whether chronic homelessness and homelessness had increased or decreased since 2019 as a … Read more

The More Homes Built Faster Act, Bill 23 A Toronto report says BILL 23 will:  https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2023/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-230056.pdf says Bill 23 will  1) Reduce Municipal Revenues Needed to Fund Growth-Related Infrastructure  2) Diminish Housing Affordability and Rental Housing Replacement Protection  3) Erode Sustainable and Resilient Development Practices  4) Override Council’s Decisions on Official Plan Matters  5) Decrease … Read more