Affordable Housing

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

The Affordable Housing Team is grateful to the church board for approving a brief submitted to the Standing Committee on Finance as it considers proposals it will make to the federal government for inclusion in the spring 2022 budget. The brief urged the committee to endorse the goal of ending core housing need by 2030—triple … Read more

March 15, 2022 at 7 pm on Zoom  The Affordable Housing Team is excited to be presenting… The Case for Co-ops: How Co-operative Housing Can Help Solve Hamilton’s Housing Affordability Crisis. Representatives from two local housing co-operatives, Halam Park and Corktown, and from the Golden Horseshoe Co-operative Housing Federation will take part in the discussion. … Read more

No one should have to sleep in a city park or in front of a City Hall heating vent during the winter. But some Hamiltonians feel they have no option. There aren’t enough permanent housing units or enough shelter spaces for everyone who needs a home. And for some people, shelters just don’t work, whether … Read more