Working together to support affordable housing in Hamilton

Working together to support affordable housing in Hamilton The following remarks were delivered by Yulena Wan, Vice President, Finance & Operations, to the City of Hamilton General Issues Committee on November 20, 2024. Good morning, Thank you for the opportunity to talk to you today. My name is Yulena Wan, Vice President, Finance and Operations and acting CEO at Hamilton Community Foundation (HCF). I am speaking to you today in support of the Housing Secretariat’s Housing Sustainability & Investment Roadmap…

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Vital Signs TV: Co-operative Housing in Hamilton

Rudi Wallace hosts Emily Power and Doug Sider for a Vital Signs episode about co-op housing

Vital Signs TV: Co-operative Housing in Hamilton It’s a brand new season of Vital Signs on Cable 14! It’s also Rudi Wallace’s first episode as our new President & CEO. In this episode, Rudi hosts Emily Power (President, Caroline St. Co-op) and Doug Sider (Executive Director, Golden Horseshoe Co-op Housing Federation) to talk about co-op housing and its potential to address affordability in Hamilton. Co-op housing is certainly not a new phenomenon. According to the Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada,…

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Affordable housing efforts in action

Affordable housing efforts in action Two recent developments supported by Hamilton Community Foundation demonstrate that the affordable housing crisis can be approached in a variety of ways. This past year the Foundation helped facilitate an agreement that will see the Trinity Lutheran Church in east Hamilton converted to affordable housing by local developer Indwell. HCF has worked with Indwell on a number of affordable housing projects like the Royal Oak Dairy and Rudy Hulst Commons. In an incredible act of…

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