Affordable Housing

Learn more about co-op housing, which its unique approach to non-profit, self-governing operation and mixed-income communities, and about the prospects for expansion of some of Hamilton’s housing co-ops. Organized by your Affordable Housing Team.  The Case for Co-ops:  March 15th at 7:00pm How housing co-operatives can help solve Hamilton’s affordable housing crisis.   Featuring Golden Horseshoe Co-op … Read more

The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters Update The proposal to build a community of small cabins to provide warm shelter for people living on Hamilton streets or in tents will be discussed again today, February 17/22 by the city’s Emergency and Community Services Committee. The initiative, which has been endorsed by our church board, is … Read more

Lower rent. Mixed income housing. Where the community governs itself. That’s some of what housing cooperatives offer.  Learn more when the Affordable Housing Team presents The Case for Co-ops: How Co-operative Housing Can Help Solve Hamilton’s Housing Affordability Crisis, on March 15 7 p.m. on Zoom. Representatives from two local housing co-operatives, Halam Park and … Read more

The Ontario government’s Task Force charged with recommending how to increase the supply of private sector houses released its report last week. If adopted, its proposals would potentially impact all of us and significantly change how housing developments are planned and approved. Whether or how much it would boost housing supply, and whether it would … Read more

The Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters Update. The proposal to build a community of small cabins to provide warm shelter for people living on Hamilton streets or in tents was presented last week (Feb 3/22) to the City of Hamilton’s Emergency and Community Services Committee. The initiative, which has been endorsed by our church Board, … Read more