Hamilton Community Legal Clinic

• Demonstration at Hamilton public works yard after failed legal battle to prevent encampment removal

  After losing a court battle, homeless advocates in Hamilton resorted to stopping trucks responsible for removing encampments in city parks.

  Politics

  Nov 12, 2021
  
• City of Hamilton to resume enforcement of encampments following win in court

  The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic were seeking a permanent injunction preventing the city from removing park encampments.

  Politics

  Nov 2, 2021
  
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• City, applicants await ruling on injunction to stop Hamilton from dismantling encampments

  A justice heard witness accounts as counsel for the homeless seek a permanent injunction that would stop the city from dismantling encampments.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2021
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• Court hearing related to homeless encampments in Hamilton parks resumes Thursday

  Wade Poziomka, co-counsel for HamSmart and Keeping Six, says they're seeking a recognition that some homeless people have nowhere else to go.

  Politics

  Oct 20, 2021
• Tenant advocacy group calls on Hamilton council to implement bylaw to stop ‘renovictions’

  A rally in front of Hamilton city hall that called for a bylaw to prevent tenants from 'renovictions' coincided with Friday's city council meeting.

  Aug 21, 2020
• Activists call for defunding of police to address anti-Black racism in Hamilton

  A call from local activists to defund the Hamilton Police Service is the latest addition to a growing conversation about anti-Black racism in policing.

  Jun 4, 2020
• Hamilton anti-hate coalition to launch ‘No Hate in the Hammer’ campaign

  A campaign to fight hate in Hamilton is being launched days after a StatsCan report revealed that Hamilton has the most police-reported hate crimes in the country.

  Jul 26, 2019
• Non-profit legal clinic launching Queer Justice Project for Hamilton’s LGBTQ community

  The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic is holding a launch party for the Queer Justice Project on Monday from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

  Canada

  Mar 25, 2019
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• ‘Bad faith’ evictions may be on the rise in Hamilton: tenant group

  The Hamilton Community Legal Clinic says area landlords are increasingly using a tactic called "own use" in order to get higher rents.

  Money

  May 23, 2017