Affordable Housing

Support Sacajawea at its annual fundraising penny sale Put it on your calendar—the evening of October 20, Sacajawea’s annual penny sale returns after the COVID interruption. It’s a great chance to support a great organization and score some cool stuff too. Detail in future announcements. Here are some photos of the Grand Opening at the Oaks, … Read more

What do the leading candidates for mayor propose to do about housing affordability? October 5.  Various community housing providers, including Sacajawea, are hosting a conversation on housing affordability with mayoral candidates Bob Bratina, Andrea Horwath and Keanin Loomis. It’s in person at the Perkins Centre, 1429 Main East Oct. 5 at 6:30pm. Here’s a highlight … Read more

Our congregation is backing the efforts of the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters to create a community of tiny shelters somewhere in the city to house people experiencing homelessness and provide them with food, a community and access to support services. A model cabin was delivered to our church parking lot on September 22 and … Read more

It looks like a garden shed but it is really sign of hope. There is an 8 by 10-foot cabin in our parking lot, a demonstration model of the kind of tiny cabin that the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters plans to erect to shelter people experiencing homelessness, starting this winter.  This one was provided … Read more

Municipal election debates Cable 14 is continuing to televise debates among Hamilton municipal election candidates for all 15 wards and for the mayor’s race. The last ward debates are today and tomorrow and the mayor’s debate is the 27th, at 7 or 8:30 p.m. Details are at https://cable14.com/15137184/tv-shows/2022-municipal-election-debates The debates will presumably be recorded to … Read more