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Do you support an expanded role for Hamilton to provide more affordable housing? If so, what should Hamilton do?
Responses to the question: "Do you support an expanded role for Hamilton to provide more affordable housing? If so, what should Hamilton do?"
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6 Candidate Responses (top)
| Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Brief Response | Full Response |
| Baldasaro, Michael | Yes | Yes. We must raise taxes on the rich. Banks and Insurance Companies would be
a good place to start. |
| Butt, Ejaz | Yes | I support the city for more affordable housing but they have to fix the existing system which is being misused and absued |
| Eisenberger, Fred | Yes | Yes. Adapt the recommendations of the Hamilton Housing and Homelessness plan. |
| Lavigne, Crystal | Yes | Yes, I do support an expanded role for Hamilton to provide more affordable housing. I believe Hamilton has many options that we can do to bring this to fruition. First and foremost, affordable housing affects more than just people of "low-income" on paper. It is becoming ever increasing that even those with employment that pays them above the low-income threshold, can not find, or, are finding increasingly difficult to find housing that they can afford. Our market in Hamilton has been unnaturally driven up faster than Hamiltonians that live and work here can keep up. For this, and for low-income, we need to find a solution that can encompass as many financial demographics as possible to avoid a very disastrous future of homelessness and poverty in Hamilton.
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| McHattie, Brian | Yes | I support strongly an expanded role for the City of Hamilton in addressing the needs of people who are looking for affordable housing. We need to use the Planning Act and our creativity as a City to ‘invent’ solutions to the challenges we face. This needs to be a priority.
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| Pattison, Michael A. | Yes | My answers to this question involves some out-of-the-box thinking with boxed parameters regarding fiscal policy and affordability. Pressuring the Federal Government to remove the capital gains tax from anyone in our city who can afford a second or possibly third home while making it available to Hamilton Housing should be a priority.
The wait times for affordable housing range from three to five years plus. Accessible housing times range from seven to ten years plus. If a person has the financial capabilities to help our municipality, I will find a way to make this happen. There are myriad ways to get creative and address the issue of affordable housing. Retro-fitted shipping containers are being used in a number of cities already*. Imagine the possibilities, and pride of ownership of the young, elderly, those with accessibility issues and lower income earners purchasing their own home… Hamilton can get out in front of this creative initiative, laying the foundation for a unique infrastructure that could handle these homes and help people throughout the city. We can also look at city owned properties like unused schools and warehouses that fit the criteria of residential zoning. These options must be brought to the table immediately as the need for housing is ever increasing and time is not our friend. |
Response Summary (top)
| Brief Response | Count | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Yes | 6 | 100.0% |
| No | 0 | 0.0% |
| Maybe | 0 | 0.0% |
6 Candidates Have Not Responded (top)
| Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|
| Clancy, Mike | ||
| Clark, Brad | ||
| Francis, Warrand | ||
| Iamonico, Nick | ||
| Ryerson, Phil | ||
| Tavares, Ricky | ||
