by Ted Hildebrandt | Aug 30, 2023 | All Publication, Housing and Homelessness
In June 2022, the City of Hamilton Housing Services Division selected the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton to conduct a post-pandemic review of the size of the emergency shelter system. The scope directed the SPRC to consult service providers, review... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Jul 4, 2023 | All Publication, Housing and Homelessness
June 30, 2023 Michelle BairdDirector of Housing ServicesCity of Hamilton71 Main St WestHamilton, ONL8P 4Y5 [via email] Dear Ms. Baird: RE: Open Letter to the City of Hamilton on the Proposed Encampment Protocol Please accept this letter as the Social Planning and... 
by SPRC Hamilton | May 31, 2023 | All Publication, Housing and Homelessness
The Federal Housing Advocate has launched a review on homeless encampments as a violation of human rights in Canada. As part of the review, the Federal Housing Advocate is seeking input from people deprived of housing and community-based organizations on what is... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Mar 14, 2023 | All Publication, Housing and Homelessness
Green and PC candidates do not respond to SPRC survey on rental housing The Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton sent a survey by email to candidates in the Hamilton Centre by-election to ask their views on the housing crisis facing tenants. The survey... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Nov 16, 2022 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness, Social Landscape
Hamilton Social Landscape, Issue #30 Young renters face more challenges to finding affordable housing, according to the SPRC report from November 2022. Households led by racialized and Indigenous youth are among the highest rates of renter households, amplifying... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Nov 2, 2022 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness, Social Landscape
Hamilton renter households are growing in all parts of the city. Growth of renter households across Hamilton was 11.5% from 2016 to 2021, a 5 times higher growth rate than the 2.3% growth in owner households in that time. Two new reports have been released, 2021...