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Bye Bye 2011, Hello 2012



2011 what a year eh?......This blog has caused a lot of sleepless nights for Urban Native Homes Inc. and rightly so.  Policies and attitudes need to be changed and let’s start by listening to the tenants, after all if it were not for us you guys wouldn’t have a job.  There are times when I talk to the staff or read their notices they make it sound like the name Urban Native Homes Inc. is an all powerful entity and should not be questioned....but in reality it's just a renovated shack on a residential side street in east Hamilton. LOL 
Probably UNH's biggest blunder is back in early 2011 when my request for a unit transfer due to medical reasons was denied, applause to Tammy T. if she made the right decision many of these blogs would not exist: :P  Just think I could have been on another floor and far way from the office shenanigans, the staff could run around naked in the basement hallways for all I care.  
My biggest disappointment - When I walked in this building over 2 years ago and signed my lease I was full of enthusiasm and optimistic thinking these people are doing something good for the Native community and I even publicly praised the staff at one of the earlier tenant meetings then months later I find out I was wrong.
Here is something I’ve never said in my previous posts, before I created this blog site I did some research and the result: Koo Gaa Da Win Manitou Housing Complex has a bad reputation among the Natives in Hamilton…it’s true and I thought “WTF did I get myself into!” :(

Let's say goodbye to 2011 and now hope for a better 2012  :)


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