Hamilton Indigenous Housing

The Super on the way to her secret fishing spot. :) Ingrid greets Janis before a meeting. :D Me after a KM tenant meeting.  LOL

Some of you readers are wondering what this place looks like inside. The previous owners ran a printing shop and over the years I would pass by around 4 pm and see the employees coming out from the basement and I think the offices were on the second floor.  I’m a fan of old building architecture what caught my eye about this place is the stone engraved name at the top of the entrance. Unfortunately there is no lobby or foyer in this joint once you walk in you’re at the stairway so there’s no real space for tenants to sit & relax especially during the cold weather season. I mentioned this building is old and believe me it has aches and pains ie: roof leaking, basement flooding, pipes bursting and I notice some cracks and concrete holes around the old building exterior.  Even though the super is "strange" I will admit she does an adequate job in maintenance.  My apt/unit has a pillar in the middle of the room so I don’t think the building will collapse on me, mind yo...

.......Remember I said those words in my original blog?  Well something happened a while ago that surprised me I was approached by my little neighbour and she asked “if we could talk”…..I said ok.  Her intention was to make peace and I being a reasonable person agreed.  We don’t have to necessarily hang out with each other on a daily basis but at least be neighbourly and say hello when we pass each other in the building.  Cool Huh! And a good luck to my neighbor above me, he's going through a rough time with his health at the moment. For years I've seen him around town always walking somewhere and keeping to himself.  Now back to business, my rent has been paid on time for many months so here's my concern to UNH Inc. for the past month the building security lighting system is shut off?  Harvey the previous tenant who lived in my unit told me he was burglarized and the thieves walked out the front door with his belongings, so by trying to save a few bu...

This afternoon someone entered my unit/apt between 4-5 pm.  I stepped out for 45 mins I came home and noticed my computer security unlock page was up and on screen, I programmed my pc to power down after a very short period on screensaver mode and without my intricate password no one can enter my computer. When I entered my unit/apt my computer should have been in sleep mode and the monitor off. This is an attempted act of sabotage and according to my calculations the entry happened approx 4:40 pm. the only ones that have a spare key to my unit are in the KM office. An Illegal entry happened once before just after I moved in, I came home and noticed my lounge chair was moved I asked the superintendent and she admitted she went in to check the pipes. I was so pissed off and the next day got an apology from Mr. Pelletier who was the Housing Service Coordinator at that time and he assured me it would never happen again. This is very unnerving, looks like I'll have to beef up my...

This morning I woke up late and rushed to the bakery to pick up 18 fresh Portuguese dinner rolls for the function as you may recall my last attempt to cook turned out terribly so I played it safe this time. ;) The function was a triumph Chad and Lorraine did an excellent job as servers, Mrs. Deeley did good on the opening introductions but you really should replace your missing back teeth it shows when you smile.  And it was a pleasure to finally meet and dine with the infamous Mr. Walter Cook, I’ve heard great things about this man.   Urban Native Homes staff were invited some I recognize ie: the sassy Tammy Trudeau showed up and jokingly said she's there to eat and run and then there's Tracy the receptionist some time ago I gave her an Indian name *Grandmother Of Seven*  :) and I also had the pleasure of sitting beside the lovely soft spoken Nancy.  I have to admit it was nice to see young faces at our function, no wrinkles, no grey hair and nothing sagg...

Neil & I  This morning I got a phone call from Bonnie in regards to tenant Neil Day he was a neighbor of mine, she had some sad news to tell me....he passed away. :( Whenever I ran into him in the hallway he'd always have a smile and a friendly greeting.  Last year we went to the Pow Wow at Gage Park I would offer to carry his big heavy trunk filled with his Native dancing costumes he was thankful and was very proud of his possessions. During this time he was battling his demons and injured himself so many times that he was eventually transferred to a care center. Even though for some time he wasn't living here his belongings were still in his unit and he was paying his rent.  Last week was the last time I personally talked to him he wanted to know if I was interested in buying his sound system and his bike plus he was looking forward to moving back to his unit, I said " Neil you're looking good Bro...you've gained some weight, must be all the fry bread th...