Comment 6754

By tomcooper (anonymous) | Posted May 25, 2007 at 13:42:19

The 'discourse' certainly conveys the frustration many in the community are feeling around the lack of affordable, accessible, safe and appropriate housing in the community.
There are by some estimates 8500 families (not individuals) on the waiting list for social housing locally.
The feds stopped building social housing in 1993, the province stopped in 1995 and only now are we seeing some very, very modest investments back into public affordable housing (mostly through rent subsidies).
Coincidently, there will be a forum hosted by Hamilton's Affordable Housing Flagship and CMHC on June 7th entitled "Making A Difference: meeting housing needs and building community". I would encourage anybody interested in attending to check out details on the Social Planning and Research Council's website: www.sprc.hamilton.on.ca

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