Affordable Housing

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

In July, Sacajawea will welcome new tenants into two buildings that it will co-manage, including one at Indwell’s new project, The Oaks, shown in the drawing below. Sacajawea’s staff and board named the building Ain-dah-ing, which means “home within our hearts” in Ojibwe. Along with 180 Ottawa Street North, which will also open this summer, … Read more