Affordable Housing

In December 2021, the Affordable Housing Team held an online conversation with Sacajawea Non-Profit Housing leaders Melanie McAulay and Miranda Rappazzo about their work and what’s coming in the next few years. LINK https://youtu.be/gyE4tNBFWHg

The church and Hamilton Aging in Community organized a terrific panel in March 2021 on the challenges and possibilities for seniors to have the housing they choose in the location they want to live. The panel had financial support from an Ontario seniors in community grant. You can watch it here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uctT-VkYIoo 

Following Sunday Service on November 21, 2021 there was a Question and Answer session with Mohamad Bsat, the guest speaker at the service. CLICK HERE to view the video.

Summary: By Tim O’Shea  I want to tell you about something that didn’t happen in Hamilton for almost a whole year, even though it was happening in other North American cities for months. There were no significant COVID outbreaks in Hamilton’s homeless shelters and congregate living facilities for the first 11 months of the pandemic.  … Read more

Summary: Despite some good news for affordable housing, this year’s federal budget, introduced by Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, is disappointing for those hoping for major investments to tackle the ongoing affordable housing crisis. Most significantly, the projected impacts of the budget on housing are small: 4,500 more new affordable houses built and about 30,000 more … Read more