Writing to our MPs to urge them to make housing a priority in the fall federal budget

Liberals:  justin.trudeau@parl.gc.ca,  Bill.Morneau@parl.gc.ca, Filomena.Tassi@parl.gc.ca, Bob.Bratina@parl.gc.ca, wayne.easter@parl.gc.ca, Ahmed.Hussen@parl.gc.ca Note: Cut and paste that whole block of addresses into the “To” field of your email. Send separate emails for the Liberals and for the NDP. Note 2: Wayne Easter is the Chair of Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance. Tassi and Bratina are local Liberal MPs. Ahmed Hussen … Read more

“Renting While Black”

The crisis of housing affordability affects millions of middle and low-income Canadians. But it is worse for Blacks, Indigenous people, and all racialized minorities. In keeping with the Board’s statement on racism, on the church homepage, and its commitment to learning more about systemic anti-Black racism, the Affordable Housing Team has prepared information on racism … Read more

Hamilton is Home affordable housing proposal

The Affordable Housing Team strongly encourages congregants to write to Members of Parliament to support an extraordinary proposal—a collaborative effort to build 3,000 affordable housing units in Hamilton over the next three years! Plus another proposal to preserve existing affordable units. The Board and the Affordable Housing Team have unanimously endorsed the proposals.  CLICK HERE to learn … Read more

Please write to urge government financial support so tenants can pay their rent

CLICK HERE to see an example of a letter to federal MPs, which you should rewrite in your own words. Make appropriate adjustments to write to MPPs. (This is a PDF file. To get a Word file, please contact Bill Johnston directly at housing@uuhamilton.ca.) CLICK HERE to find instructions and templates from the Affordable Housing Team … Read more