Affordable Housing

The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters (HATS) hopes to have cabins on the ground this winter to provide safe, warm shelter, belonging and services to people experiencing homelessness. The costs of the cabins are vastly cheaper than building new housing but there are staffing and other ongoing costs. HATS will only be able to launch … Read more

“Melanie McAulay, Executive Director along with the Board of Directors and Staff of Sacajawea Non- Profit Housing Inc. would like to express their sincere gratitude to The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton for their continuous and generous support to Sacajawea. “The church has hosted multiple fundraisers with Sacajawea being the lead recipient. With The First … Read more

This is World Homelessness Week and the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness is asking you to sign a letter urging federal and provincial governments to take five steps to end homelessness. You can sign a letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Ford at https://action.caeh.ca/costofliving?utm_campaign=world_homelessness_day22&utm_medium=email&utm_source=caeh  Our Affordable Housing Team would insist that the fifth of … Read more

With board support, the Affordable Housing Team submitted a brief to the federal government’s consultation on its 2023 budget on October 7. The brief can be viewed here. It urged nine actions, including: Increasing the grant portion of affordable housing projects to 40 per cent. The government is proposing to cut it to 10 per … Read more

There was a fair degree of agreement on how City Hall should tackle the issue of affordable housing when mayoral candidates Bob Bratina, Andrea Horwath and Keanin Loomis took part in a debate organized by Hamilton is Home last week. All three agreed we need inclusionary zoning along the LRT route. Only Bratina suggested a … Read more