Affordable Housing

Last year, the city created an affordable housing investment plan and a Housing Secretariat to implement it. A first step was setting up a process for pre-approving possible projects, so the city is ready when federal or provincial funding is available. Twenty-seven proposals were submitted to build 1,620 affordable units. The city has committed to … Read more

Our church’s Affordable Housing Team was blown away with the beauty of the apartments that Sacajawea has created in its newest building, which we toured last week. 16 Steven was a factory and, most recently, the Pearl Company performance space. Many of the original wood floors were cleaned and preserved. Ceilings are high, windows large … Read more

Europe has a reputation as a place that is generally ahead of the curve on things like social housing. So it might surprise some Canadians to learn that much of the EU is well into the throes of a full-blown housing affordability crisis — and the general patterns bear a striking resemblance to our own. … Read more

“One of the most hopeful gatherings on housing that I have seen in a while.” ~A city councillor’s assistant. “So informative, and really well thought out! Having tables, and refreshments helped to build community.  And of course including actions and addresses was very good. I liked everything.” ~ A member of EcoLocke … and Sara … Read more

Nothing captured the spirit of the May 6/24 Housing Solutions Now! event more than Graham Cubitt’s proposed schedule for ground breaking ceremonies. If federal money was approved for Hamilton non-profit housing projects tomorrow (Tuesday May 7), he said, an Indwell project could start by Friday. Another ground breaking could be held in June and a third … Read more