Affordable Housing

We need to double the percentage of non-profit housing units in Canada One of the most influential advocates for affordable housing has recently released a Blueprint for Housing, proposals for a new generation of policies and programs for affordable housing in Canada. It was borne out of a recognition that “existing housing policies and programs … Read more

Municipal election debates Cable 14 is televising debates among Hamilton municipal election candidates for all 15 wards and for the mayor’s race. The ward debates are shown live between September 13 and 23 and the mayor’s debate is the 27th, at 7 or 8:30 p.m. Details are at https://cable14.com/15137184/tv-shows/2022-municipal-election-debates The debates will presumably be recorded … Read more

The Oaks Grand Opening Celebration, September 23rd and 24th There will be a two-day celebration to mark the opening of the city’s newest affordable housing project, on Friday September 23rd and Saturday the 24th. The Oaks, at 225 East Avenue North, has 108 units of affordable housing, including 13 operated by Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing in … Read more

The first Federal Housing Advocate, Marie-Josée Houle, released her first annual report on June 20, focusing her concerns about the affordable housing crisis on three areas: Financial factors that are buying up affordable apartment buildings and pushing up rents, rapidly depleting the availability of affordable housing; Human rights violations when encampments of people experiencing homelessness … Read more

Canada is 3.5 million homes short of what’s needed for affordability. Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, in a report released this week, calculated how many new homes need to be built for housing to be as affordable in 2030 as it was in 2003-4.  The report notes that in 2003 and 2004, a household with … Read more