Hamilton gets over $17.5m for exceeding 2023 housing targets

eAwazLocal News

Funding can be used to invest in housing- or community-enabling infrastructure HAMILTON — Today, Premier Doug Ford announced that Ontario will be providing Hamilton with $17,587,390 in funding through the Building Faster Fund as the city has exceeded its 2023 housing target, breaking ground on a total of 4,142 new housing units last year. “Hamilton is getting it done on housing and …

Unacceptable in country like Canada asylum-seekers sleep on Toronto streets: Trudeau 

eAwazCanada News

 Hamilton – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was “unacceptable” that asylum-seekers were forced to live on Toronto streets when they were turned away from the city’s overwhelmed shelter system last month. Speaking to reporters in Hamilton, he said the federal government will “continue to work together” with the city in “constructive ways” to address the issue. He was joined …