Affordable Housing

1)  Will adding supply create housing diversity that meets the needs of all Canadians?  Event: Thursday June 16, online at noon. To register click here 2)  Are homeless encampments coming back to stay? Event: Thursday June 23, online at noon. To register click here  3)  The intersection of housing affordability and climate action. To read … Read more

What benefits do you want from the LRT project?  The Social Justice Team and the Hamilton Community Benefits Network are holding an in-person community consultation on the benefits we’d like to see from the construction and operation of Hamilton’s Light Rail Transit.  The event is Wednesday June 22 at 6:00 p.m. in our sanctuary. To register … Read more

YIMBY?  You likely know the acronym NIMBY, which stands for Not In My Backyard. As in, “Of course we need affordable housing, but not in my backyard.” Lately, groups have grown up that say YIMBY, Yes In My Backyard, and actively support new housing projects. YIMBY Guelph and Wellington and YIMBY Simcoe County are hosting … Read more

Learn and Protest Hamilton ACORN’s downtown chapter is leading a Slumlord March on Wednesday June 29th at 2 p.m. They will gather at the GO Centre and visit a few properties where they say landlords aren’t meeting their obligations to keep buildings in good repair.  Event Information: https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/event/info?id=3449

Our congregation includes about two dozen residents of Burlington and that city is about to approve a housing strategy to try to achieve a vision of Burlington as “a city where all current and future residents have access to the housing options that meet their needs at all stages of life, and that are attainable … Read more