Affordable Housing

The first Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, released her first annual report on June 20, focusing her concerns about the affordable housing crisis on three areas: Financial factors that are buying up affordable apartment buildings and pushing up rents, rapidly depleting the availability of affordable housing; Human rights violations when encampments of people experiencing homelessness … Read more

Canada is 3.5 million homes short of what’s needed for affordability. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in a report released this week, calculated how many new homes need to be built for housing to be as affordable in 2030 as it was in 2003-4.  The report notes that in 2003 and 2004, a household with … Read more

In gratitude for this congregation’s generous donations to Sacajawea since 2016, the organization invited Bill Johnston to attend Sacajawea’s annual meeting on June 22. Here are a few highlights: Tenants will move into the 13 units at Ain-dah-ing between July 4 and 18. Sacajawea staff will move into their new office in Ain-dah-ing on July … Read more

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