Happy Anniversary

Next month July 24, 2012 is the official Hamilton Native Housing blog site anniversary. As we approach it's two year existence and pass 10,000 pageviews I would like to take this time to thank those who dropped by and read my posts. My first post titled “Koo Gaa Da Win Manitou Housing” was a major rant I typed up after seeing some shit going on around here and I was elated many people in town and around the world read it. Last year I had a private conversation outside the building with a KMHC outreach worker and I asked their opinion about this blog site, I was complimented on my writing skills and suggested I focus on bigger issues outside of this building. Metaphorically speaking KMHC is a little fish in a big pond and Urban Native Homes Inc. don’t like their dirty laundry hung out in public and the board members are pulling each others hair out in frustration.
After our conversation I thought about it for awhile but as you can tell I didn't take to the suggestion for many reasons. Oh sure I could have sat outside on the park bench or behind closed doors and bitch & squawk about this place like the rest of tenants but nothing ever comes of it and that’s not my style. I’m proud to say thanks to this blog I have made a difference in regard to tenant rights.....especially mine.

I’m tired of “flogging a dead horse” in regard to Ingrid Nosel. Urban Native Homes Inc you’ve read my posts it’s time to pass the rein to a vibrate individual who’s willing to stand up and be accountable for their actions and no more fuck ups and lies.

In the meantime I’ll continue on, I’ll be pleasant with the staff and tolerate the few tenants that annoy me. At this writing I have no issues or compliments to post in regard to KMHC but I hear there’s some squabbling from irate tenants.

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Poor Working Environment

My unit is located near the KMHC office, along with a friendly wave or hello I see the junior staff going about their business in a cheerful manner with the exception of one employee. You would think KMHC has a pleasant working environment but that is not the case. March 2016 is when Urban Native Homes head office was forced to move from their former spacious location to the cramp basement level of KMHC. There were approx. 8-10 staff members at the time. Then the Urban Native Homes financial scandal broke out and soon after the current UNH acting director’s illicit past became public knowledge, everyone was worried will they have a job. Fearful meetings going on in the community room, the rumor mill was in full rotation while I just stood back and observed the panic. Check your search engine it states this building location is Urban Native Homes head office yet that is not correct. There is no real head office, the organization has s...

The Passing of Dean King

There's not many original KMHC tenants left that I know, last week I got word tenant Dean King passed away, we were not related and I remember when he moved in the building we got along well, we hung out often and he shared stories about his life and family. Eventually I notice he wasn't the sharpest pencil in the drawer and I started drifting away thus ended our friendship. Dean didn't have the usual addictions most male aboriginals endure he didn't drink or do drugs the problem was his mental state which I believe began after an auto accident years before. After I moved out of KMHC I'd often see him standing in line at the food bank in Gore Park in downtown Hamilton or hanging out with street friend Galina in Jackson Square food court. He didn't have many friends and other KMHC tenants just tolerated and accepted his strange behavior. He'd walk the streets looking disheveled and lost. When I received the news Dean died I didn't feel sad I felt surpri...

Sandy Holland

On February 27th 2025 I heard the passing of tenant Elder Sandy Holland. I knew she was in bad health and said to her friend she's ready to go. I met her years ago when she moved to KMHC she seem a bit daffy yet in a nice way, never spoke mean about others but had strong opinions about UNH staff. We would meet at UNH dinner functions and meetings and always offered me hug. She never got personal sharing her life stories with me which I can respect. RIP

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