by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 24, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
The current rental landscape is changing, and changing fast. Highlighting data on rental housing from a variety of sources, the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton is publishing a series of bulletins to bring attention to Hamilton’s renters, the buildings... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 17, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
A recent report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives shows that a minimum-wage earner would have to work 54 hours a week to afford a one bedroom apartment in Hamilton. This troubling situation is not unique to Hamilton, as many communities across Ontario... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 14, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
Tenants are being squeezed by increasing rental prices as illustrated in the previous bulletins in this series (Rents and affordability in Hamilton and Ontario and Rents in Hamilton’s neighbourhoods). This bulletin provides data for another pressure renters are... by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 14, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
One reason rents are increasing at higher rates recently is that the number of renters in Hamilton has increased to 68,545 households in 2016. This figure is higher than any census year since 1991, an increase of over 8,000 households since a low of just under 62,000... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 13, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
In Canada, a full-time minimum wage worker can afford a one-bedroom apartment in only 70 out of 795 neighborhoods across the country, 9% of neighbourhoods examined in the CCPA report, Unaccommodated1. In the City of Hamilton, there are no neighbourhoods where a... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 8, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
The 68,545 rental dwellings in Hamilton identified in the 2016 Census can be divided into the three main types of rental units: those in private primary rental buildings, those in private secondary units, and subsidized units, most often run by non-profit...