Affordable housing
LRT meeting yields little news, no answers on displaced tenants
Hamilton LRT subcommittee meetings, when they happen, continue to follow the pattern established when the project was approved in 2017. Essentially two unconnected...
Provincial cash will enable creation of more than 85 affordable, supportive homes
Municipal Affairs Minister Steve Clark was in Hamilton Friday to announce nearly $6.8 million through the Social Services Relief Fund to help create...
Federal cash will bolster Hamilton’s affordable housing stock
Hamilton’s affordable housing stock received a boost Wednesday as a result of the Federal government and City of Hamilton investing over $180 million...
Opinion: What if some of the demolished Metrolinx properties might not be needed?
Metrolinx recently released an Instagram post showing a shored-up chimney that was all that was left standing from an apartment building that stood...
Public Invited to weigh in on Exclusionary zoning
The City wants residents to have their say on affordable housing—in particular the possibility of imposing inclusionary zoning on new housing projects. Inclusionary...
Permanent Solution to Homelessness will be expensive
To end Hamilton’s Chronic homelessness crisis will require a total of $26 million in additional funding each year. That was the bottom line...
Bleak outlook on affordable housing in Hamilton
A sobering report to Hamilton Council on affordable housing warns that the city could be on the hook for tens of millions of...
Publicly owned land should be used for affordable housing, not sold to private developers
On Jan. 25, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged to “ensure” affordable housing is built along Hamilton’s light rail transit (LRT) route. While this...
Affordable housing: senior government responsibility or Hamilton’s?
Housing was on the agenda in Hamilton all week with the Trudeau Cabinet holding a retreat at which housing was discussed. Hamilton city...
Developer says they have already worked to satisfy CN Rail concerns over Jamesville housing project.
The news that CN Rail is appealing the Jamesville housing redevelopment to the Ontario Land Tribunal caught many off guard yesterday. But in...
