There will be 20 apartment units in the hub with subsidized rent to help put a roof over the heads of people in need.

A new community hub has been set up at Ryerson school aimed at giving new Canadians a warm welcome.

The province has rejected a $16 million funding request to transform the Sir John A. Macdonald Secondary School property into a community hub.

The project will take place on the eight-acre site where Sir John A. MacDonald Secondary School currently sits. The school will close in June of 2019.

Plans for a new elementary school and "community hub" within Hamilton's downtown core are expected to come together this fall.