Hamilton Indigenous Housing

This holiday season has been exceptional for good olde Tony.   I’ve attended two major Christmas dinner functions and my fellow tenants seem to be in good spirits @ the KMHC building.   Unfortunately there are two tenants going through a rough time health wise and my thoughts are with them.   Last week at a Christmas dinner function I ran into former Urban Native Homes Director Janis Lewis-Deeley.   She was one of many greeters at the event she smiled and said hello to me.   It was a nice gesture on her part so I responded back in an equally pleasant manner.   In the past whenever UNH’s hosted a dinner function for the tenants she would ignore me completely.   Earlier this month the KMHC tenants attended the Native Christmas dinner hosted by Hamilton Regional Indian Centre.   I donated two large shopping bags of non-perishable food items then our group of eight sat together and feasted on turkey with all the fixins.   We shared a few la...

The KMHC tenant intercom system is different and outdated from other residential complexes.   Tenants who live here have to physically open the front door to allow their guest entry.   At first it was an inconvenience but now I’m used to it.   Then something out of the ordinary happened earlier this week and I had to wait a few days to cool off before I wrote this.   On Monday just before noon a friend from out of town came by for a visit he’s a prominent company executive and investor and I’ve known him for many years.   While waiting for me to open the front door my guest was accosted by tenant Dean King (no relation to me).   In a snarky tone Dean asked who he’s waiting for and asked my friend’s identity.   It’s none of Dean’s business why my guest is at KMHC.   A few minutes later my friend told me what happened and I was livid.   Dean assumed he’s a reporter for the Hamilton Spectator, I didn’t witness this so I asked my friend coul...