Affordable Housing

Zoom Event, Tuesday June 6, 2023 at 7:00pm What can we learn from affordable housing in Europe to help with our housing affordability crisis us in Hamilton?  Dr. Carolyn Whitzman, an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa, will join us on Zoom Tuesday June 6, 7 p.m., for a presentation on her research on … Read more

The Affordable Housing Team will be hosting the Hamilton Alliance for Tiny Shelters for an open house at our church on the afternoon of Saturday June 3. The tiny home in our parking lot will be open, renderings of what a HATS village will look like will be shown, there will be updates on HATS’ … Read more

https://keepingsix.org/zine/ The Keeping Six Quarterly is a zine (like a magazine but shorter and produced independently) that is created with, by and about people who use drugs, are unhoused or precariously housed.  The zine was conceived as a tool for communication and for advocacy in the broader community.  The more we understand about the people … Read more

The Ontario government is proposing a new Provincial Planning Statement, a document that municipalities must follow. It no longer requires cities to set minimum targets for provision of housing affordable for low- and moderate-income households and instead refers only to addressing the full range of housing options including “housing affordability needs.” It no longer requires … Read more

Ontario’s latest housing bill, the Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act, allows tenants to install their own air conditioners—but no onus on landlords to provide air conditioning. The new bill also appears to strengthen the ability of tenants to return to a unit vacated for major renovations. If the tenant wishes to return, the landlord must … Read more