Hamilton Indigenous Housing

KMHC Building Before I moved here during KMHC’s infancy the tenants at the time tried to organize a tenant committee unfortunately it failed due to poor leadership and clash among the tenants. Monday evening I and other tenants were invited to an informal meeting at the Hamilton Community Legal Clinic main office.   The objective was to meet and talk with Aboriginal community workers and a lawyer regarding tenant issues and concerns about the landlord Urban Native Homes Inc.   The meeting started off with a smudge ceremony, all around introductions then sharing ideas and thoughts about UNH’s.   My objective was to sit back and listen to what everybody had to say.  Man!   Was I surprised what I heard from both parties, we covered a lot of areas and of course the nefarious UNH’s Director Christine Dawn Lenze (Daniels) and her UNH’s employed family were discussed.   I’m elated to announce I’m not the only tenant who has complaints toward UNH’s/KMHC em...

Ideal New Year Resolutions. So here we are starting the year 2017 I never thought I’d make it alive to see it, but hey it is what it is. I’m sure every Native elder in Canada will agree no more turkey dinners for awhile, the leftover egg nog sitting in the fridge has gone bad and who in the hell enjoys Christmas fruitcake! :) Some changes have already happen at KMHC.   First off the program guy David Bentley is gone call it fired, thrown under the bus or just being axed.   He arrived in the late spring of 2016 I spoke to him briefly in the courtyard I wished good luck because he’s going to need it.  The task to get the majority of Native elders to attend repetitive programs will be difficult.  Failure was inevitable due to UNH’s attempt to have KMHC native elders attend programs by traveling across the city to the money pit building, a building where construction is still incomplete.  How embarrassing!   KMHC tenant notification is another issue. ...