Housing | Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction

by: Hamilton Roundtable For Poverty Reduction
In: Basic Income , Housing , Income Security , News , Social Assistance Reform , Tracking Poverty
On May 20,2021
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Over the last year, the Hamilton Roundtable for Poverty Reduction has been working with the Departments of Labour Studies and Political Science at McMaster University to explore the impact of Canada’s income security programs during the pandemic. The research that has emerged tells of an unsurprising, but unmistakeable gap in wellbeing, housing and food security…

Letter from Hamilton’s Mayor Regarding Bill 6

by: Hamilton Roundtable For Poverty Reduction
In: Housing
On Jan 05,2017
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Read Mayor Fred Eisenberger’s letter from the City of Hamilton to the Ministry of Community and Social Services Amendment Act (Social Assistance Research Commission) regarding Bill 6 here.

Hamilton’s 20,000 Homes Campaign

by: Hamilton Roundtable For Poverty Reduction
In: Housing , National Poverty Plan , Social Policy
On May 01,2015
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As part of Hamilton’s 20,000 Homes Campaign, the following Registry Week Homelessness Survey Results were presented on April 30 — take a look at what we learned: You can also find the video that was created as part of Hamilton’s Campaign here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwxDmNJhCdM

Tackling Homelessness in Hamilton

by: Hamilton Roundtable For Poverty Reduction
In: Housing
On Apr 28,2015
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Over the next three weeks, Hamilton will have the opportunity to tackle homelessness and tell the federal government that we need a National Housing Plan! More than 230,000 Canadians are homeless – including 3,100 who stayed at a shelter here in Hamilton (and that doesn’t include violence against women shelters) Next week, the City of…