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Ontario Affordable Housing Strategy: Many small steps towards a big vision
We are at a pivotal moment for affordable housing in Ontario. NIMBYism is slowing being replaced with an increase in community consensus that affordable housing contributes to great neighbourhoods and an understanding that most people will need some type of affordable housing at least once in their lives. In Hamilton we’re now seeing more residents …
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Province promises new rules to force more affordable housing
Ted McMeekin says the Liberals will pass inclusionary zoning legislation By Samantha Craggs Ontario has pledged new legislation that would give Hamilton the ability to demand that developers build more affordable housing — a move at least one city councillor says will help ease the city’s housing crunch. Ted McMeekin, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing and …
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Province to greenlight inclusionary zoning
By Matthew Van Dongen Hamilton and other cities will soon be able to insist on a certain percentage of social housing in new residential developments, the province announced Monday morning. Ontario announced the change as part of a package on its long-term affordable housing strategy that included details on how it would spend $178 million …
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“The Time for Inclusionary Zoning is NOW”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Community Groups across Ontario Tell the Province “The Time for Inclusionary Zoning is NOW” Hamilton has missed out on 3,000 affordable housing in the last 12 years March 11th, 2016 (Hamilton, ON) – Dozens of community groups and networks across Ontario are urging the Province to stop blocking municipalities from adopting inclusionary …
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Housing identified as top priority for aboriginal community
By Natalie Paddon Housing and mobility are the top priority for Hamilton’s aboriginal community, identified at a meeting hosted by the Hamilton Executive Directors’ Aboriginal Coalition on Monday night. But HEDAC will work to address all four of its strategic priorities — which include food security, child welfare and young adults, as well as justice …
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Aboriginals nearly 30 per cent of city homeless: survey
By Joel OpHardt More than a quarter of Hamilton’s homeless are aboriginal, a city snapshot of street people reveals. “We only represent 1.3 per cent of Hamilton’s population, but well over 20 per cent of the homeless population,” said social planner Cindy Sue Montana McCormack. “That doesn’t surprise me at all.” McCormack says major historical …
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