Affordable Housing

Quick thoughts on a proposed private-sector affordable apartment building: The housing team was asked about the proposal by a for-profit developer to build a private-sector affordable apartment building just down the street from the church at 405 Main Street West. 3H Properties Group Inc. is crowdsourcing for investments in the project for as little as … Read more

Resources: Gender, Housing and Violence. A summary of the first completed pan-Canadian survey of the experiences of women, girls and gender diverse people who face housing insecurity or homeless. https://chec-ccrl.ca/gender-housing-and-violence-intersecting-crises-requiring-action/  Expanding housing options for survivors of intimate partner violence: Five key findings http://qc.onpha.on.ca/2022/03/expanding-housing-options-for-survivors-of-intimate-partner-violence-five-key-findings/ 

The Case for Co-ops, Tuesday March 15 7 p.m. on Zoom Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, in talking about increasing the supply of rental housing, recently said, “I think now is the time for new energy in the building of co-ops.” Yes! New energy and, we hope, new money in this spring’s federal budget.  Co-operative … Read more

Affordable Housing Team co-chair Bill Johnston was quoted in a recent article in the Dundas Star News on how the pandemic has affected seniors’ housing options. He provided some of the statistics in the report as well. Click here to read the article:  https://www.thestar.com/local-dundas/news/2022/02/23/our-changed-world-how-the-covid-19-pandemic-may-change-seniors-housing.html?itm_source=parsely-api 

Join a letter campaign to stop renovictions at 309 Strathearne, Hamilton ACORN Hamilton is asking for people to take a few seconds to add their name to an emailed letter to the landlord at 309 Strathearne, who is trying to evict tenants from his affordable rental building so he can renovate and then increase the … Read more