The First Unitarian Church of Hamilton
A Liberal Spiritual Community Since 1889
About 150 people watched our Jan 10th housing event, as speakers made it clear that it is possible to end homelessness and provide many of those in core need with affordable housing. Graham Cubitt of Indwell proposed a plan for 400 units of housing with supports to tackle homelessness and 10,000 affordable social housing units … Read more
The City of Hamilton’s Emergency and Community Services Committee will consider a report on where to locate the H.A.T.S. community for people experiencing homelessness today, January 19/23. Follow this link to view the meeting agenda. Also up at this 1:30 p.m. meeting is a proposal to fund drop-in services after the Wesley drop-in closes at … Read more
A new study found a “high degree” of discrimination in housing The Canadian Centre for Housing Rights (CCHR) tested the Toronto rental housing market for discrimination, and found distressing levels of discrimination based on immigration status, racial or ethnic background, composition of family or receiving social assistance. Read more HERE in this article by Brad … Read more
A range of proposals for tackling homelessness and building more non-profit affordable housing were advanced at this housing event led by First Unitarian and St. Paul’s United Church, Dundas. . The meeting starts at 7:20 in the video. Katherine Kalinowski of Good Shepherd begins at 22:40 to talk about homelessness. A story of living with precarious … Read more
At our housing event this week, Brian Sibley, executive director of Kiwanis Homes, credited Sacajawea and its executive director Melanie McAulay with inspiring his organization to launch a program to build 1,000 new affordable homes by 2028. Kiwanis, with about 1,000, hadn’t built anything since the 1990s. Sacajawea, with 28 units, began a program in … Read more