Affordable Housing

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

Six steps to a housing affordability crisis The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation produced this brief visual history of our housing crisis: Read the details at https://www.equalityrights.org/cera-blog/fifty-years-making-ontarios-housing-crisis-timeline?mc_cid=7c17738ddc&mc_eid=c4e43bbb8f        One result: 60 per cent of renters skimp on groceries to pay the rent The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario recently commissioned a survey … Read more