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... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 6, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
The lack of new builds or reinvestment into aging rental stock in Hamilton has led to more and more tenants living in substandard housing. The Canadian Census asks renters and homeowners if their housing is in need of regular maintenance, minor repairs or major... 
by SPRC Hamilton | Feb 4, 2020 | All Publication, Community Data, Housing and Homelessness
Housing is key to social welfare, and in fact Canada now recognizes housing as a human right in legislation, but “housing is famously the shaky of ’wobbly pillar’ of the welfare state in that it is only slightly decomodified” (Still Renovating: A History of Canadian...