A plan for more affordable housing in Hamilton
RAHB Past President Donna Bacher and GR Committee chair Nikola Bucalo re-presented the RAHB/HDAA Safe Sustainable Housing Compliance Program (SSHCP) to the City of Hamilton Rental Housing Subcommittee on September 15, 2016.
The SSHCP was originally presented to the City of Hamilton as an alternative to rental housing licensing. The Program presents easily-made amendments to Section 19 of the Hamilton Zoning Bylaw which would make it easier for property owners to safely bring their rental accommodation into compliance with zoning bylaws, which would in turn open up more safe, affordable housing in Hamilton.
The Subcommittee has taken the report under advisement.
RAHB representatives will soon be meeting with area Members of Parliament at the upcoming PAC Days in Ottawa!
REALTORS® from all over Canada will meet in Ottawa from October 16-18 to discuss REALTOR® issues with MPs. RAHB representatives will meet with the six MPs from the greater Hamilton-Burlington area. Watch for more information about what happened in the next issue of REALINFO!
LRT Update
Plan to come to the RAHB office on October 20, 2016 to hear an update on the proposed Hamilton LRT!
Paul Johnson (Director, LRT Project Coordination, City of Hamilton) and Jamie Robinson (Director, Community Relations & Communications, Metrolinx) will be on hand to update RAHB members on what’s happening to date with Hamilton’s LRT, and to answer members’ questions.
The update will be held from 10:30 a.m. – Noon on Thursday, October 20, 2016. Register now with Sheila at sheilas@rahb.ca or 905.529.8101 x 234.
Open Houses – Commercial and Mixed Use (CMU) Zones
The City of Hamilton will be holding a series of Statutory Open Houses to discuss the draft Commercial and Mixed Use (CMU) Zones as part of Phase 2 of the Public Engagement process. The Public Open Houses for Wards 5-13 and 15 have been scheduled for:
Information on the draft CMU is now available for review online at: www.hamilton.ca/CMUzoning.