PROVIDING SUPPORT & SERVICES TO MEET THE DIVERSE DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY

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      • 20 JULY 2023
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      Belonging Brant is Building Stronger Communities – And Additional Support Can Take Things Further

      Belonging Brant is Building Stronger Communities – And Additional Support Can Take Things Further

      Kevin Noseworthy says his favourite aspect of the Belonging Brant initiative is seeing the support the project’s members provide people with to help them connect with others and form new friendships and partnerships aimed at building stronger communities.

      Kevin, who works with Community Living Brant, one of the organizations involved with Belonging Brant, adds that the project is important because of the results it achieves.

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      • 10 MAY 2023
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      Community Buy-in Will Help Tiny Homes Succeed, says Brantford Resident

      Community Buy-in Will Help Tiny Homes Succeed, says Brantford Resident

      Brantford resident Lisa Moore says tiny homes could be part of a viable solution to the housing crisis in the city, but it will take buy-in from the community and there will need to be regulations in place to make it work.

      “In my dreams, I hope that everyone who (has) the space would volunteer to have a tiny home built to help someone else,” Lisa says.

      In order to encourage interest from homeowners, Lisa says people willing to offer property to build tiny homes in the city could be offered breaks on taxes or utility costs.

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      • 21 APRIL 2023
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      Community Advocate Encouraged by Citizens’ Response to Housing Crisis

      Community Advocate Encouraged by Citizens’ Response to Housing Crisis

      When she looks around Brantford, Birgitta P.M. says she sees a growing number of people who are affected by the housing crisis. But she also sees many concerned citizens who are ready and willing to do something to help.

      And this is encouraging, Birgitta says.

      “I see people waking up to and becoming aware of the homelessness crisis and who are beginning to care enough to look for and create viable possibilities and real options and opportunities,” says Birgitta, a Brantford resident and community advocate.

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      • 21 APRIL 2023
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      Citizen-Led Housing Initiative Births New Circles

      Citizen-Led Housing Initiative Births New Circles

      The April 4 citizen-led Tiny Homes Working Circle in Brantford, Ont. saw the creation of new, smaller working groups, all aimed at helping carry the pilot project to build two tiny homes in the city through to fruition.

      This feisty and persistent community movement is unfolding in natural step with the gifts and talents its members are bringing.

      As the movement has been developing, and its members express their interests and offer their gifts, the working circle has been shifting its form to support them.

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      • 19 APRIL 2023
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      Citizens Forge Ahead to Directly Address Housing Crisis

      Citizens Forge Ahead to Directly Address Housing Crisis

      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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      • 13 APRIL 2023
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      BetterStreet Founder Visits Brantford Tiny Homes Working Circle

      BetterStreet Founder Visits Brantford Tiny Homes Working Circle

      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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