Affordable Housing

Affordable Housing Team co-chair Bill Johnston presented three recommendations when city council heard public delegations on the 2024 city budget last week. His pitch was similar to the letters that many of you signed, to the mayor and city councillors, after our November National Housing Day service. He urged funding to implement new tenant protections … Read more

Hamilton council last week unanimously approved a package of tenant protections that may become a model for cities across the country. Landlords will now need to pay for a city license to undertake renovations that require tenants to move out, as well as other measures. The Hamilton protections grew out of years of advocacy by … Read more

No country has come closer to ending homelessness than Finland. Sign up for a webinar on Tuesday January 16, 8 to 10 p.m. by going to  https://www.endhomelessnessottawa.ca/virtual_ending_homelessness_is_possible_lessons_from_finland Two Finnish officials will participate, along with federal Housing Minister Sean Fraser and Jocelyn Formsma, CEO of Canada’s National Association of Friendship Centres.     Webinar Tuesday January … Read more

Thank you. A near-final tally shows that you donated $5,065 through the Christmas Eve offering to our housing partner, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing Inc. Thank you so much. That money will help Sacajawea to buy the appliances for tenants who will move into the new 16 Steven Street building (at left) in May. Sacajawea is deeply … Read more

Just before Christmas, Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing staff members Miranda Rappazzo and Lisa Pottruff graciously led members of our congregation on a tour of several of their buildings that have benefitted from donations by our congregation. We saw the cultural room at Sacajawea’s 23-unit building at 18 West Avenue South. From the street, the room is … Read more