Hamilton Indigenous Housing

IMO Denise Maracle is Koo Gaa Da Win Manitou’s best employee. She’s been here for awhile and does a good job on what limited resources are available plus is an awesome and inspirational person to talk to.  If UNH gave out awards/plaques for best employee of the year Denise would have my vote. :) Now on to the outreach newbies.:)  Lorraine Brown has a sparkling personality and I got the impression she’s there to help and it’s not “just a job”. Charles Jacobs…is the baby in the building…..yep I kid you not…he’s younger then us tenants. lol.  That being said he’s a joyful person always laughing with the group and helpful and supportive. OMG! With all this sweet praise I’m dishing out on this post you'd expect to get a toothache. Eh? :D Seriously I'm concerned….I’ve seen some great staff come on board then one day they’re gone, maybe they got fed up with the HSC 's asinine policies and quit or they were thrown under the bus.

Hello readers, It’s been over a month since my last post. I’ll bet you thought there’s peace and harmony in the land of Koo Gaa Da Win Manitou eh?  Well not really. The topic today is about Ingrid Nosel, the housing coordinating ***** (a meaningless job title). A few weeks ago I gave her a call, we had a heated discussion over a request I handed in to the office last month. What were the results of my application you ask?. Nothing…zippo..a big fat zero.  Not even a letter of explanation on the progress of my request. I’m totally disappointed in her lack of action.  I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, ie: one time she said to me. "We take complaints as a grain of salt" in other words "Don't bother us if you have a dispute we don't give a shit"  :( Here we have a woman who sits in a small dark dusty basement office all day long, never comes out and mingles with the tenants. She has a spy camera monitor in her office…Hmm I wonder if she can get the...