Not willing to wait any longer for a system response to the housing crisis in their community, a group of citizens in Brantford, Ontario has taken it upon themselves to do what they can. Two community-led summits and six months later, a small group is making progress in the direction of building two tiny homes
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When the Hamilton Bulldogs announced in February they’d be relocating to Brantford for the next three seasons, lifelong sports fan Bob Beazley was happy he’d now have a chance to enjoy hockey games close to home.
And Bob got his first taste of Bulldogs hockey recently when he attended the team’s premier open practice at the Brantford Civic Centre, where he’d not seen a game since the Brantford Blast played in the arena prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Tony D’Amato Stortz, who has a wealth of experience helping tiny-home communities thrive in Canadian cities, spent an hour with the March 7 Tiny Home Working Circle to share his insight and help the group advance their efforts to create affordable housing in the Brantford, Ontario community.
Tony combines his knowledge of social services, building management and carpentry to help guide groups looking to start tiny-home communities in their cities.
To date, Tony, who is the founder of BetterStreet, an organization that develops strategies to address homelessness, has helped launch tiny-home communities in seven Canadian cities, including Kitchener and Belleville.
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Reflecting on her time mentoring students involved with the Project SEARCH initiative, Audrey Bekendam says what stands out most for her is the personal and professional growth she’s seen the interns experience.
Audrey, who works in the housekeeping department at St. Joseph’s Lifecare Centre, says that while some of the interns were initially shy and withdrawn around residents and staff members at the Brantford long-term care home, it didn’t take long for them to acclimatize to life at St. Joe’s and get into the groove.
“It has been very eye opening; (it’s like watching) a flower developing,” Audrey says.
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Doug Pearson recently discovered a valuable community connection at the church next to his home.
Doug had finished his weekly music therapy session one Thursday at St. Paul’s United Church in Paris, Ont., when the church’s women’s group invited him to join them for lunch.
Since Doug was waiting to be picked up and he had time to spare, he took the women up on their offer.
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Much of the discussion during the Feb. 21 Tiny Homes Working Circle focused on hosting community conversations in Brantford in a few weeks to generate even more public interest in our tiny homes project as well as getting ready for the March 7 working circle, which will include a consultation with BetterStreet founder Tony D’Amato Stortz, who “wrote the book on building tiny homes.”
During the discussion, it was decided that two community conversations should be hosted during the last week of March to help the group discover more people who would be interested in helping get the tiny-home pilot project off the ground and would be willing to bring their strengths and talents to the table.
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