HERITAGE HOMES & Remodelling 😎🏡🐝🧩 Goal 8 Goal 17 Goal 4

HERITAGE HOMES & Remodelling 😎🏡🐝🧩 Goal 8 Goal 17 Goal 4

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You do not have to own a Heritage designated house  🏡 to keep the style for your rented apartment in one 🏘️ or to make your simple place look like it inside and from your window ✨

Look the guidelines by city for who owns a Heritage designated house, or search style of Differents Era in Architecture and try to reproduce it to your $ level 🐝📚📖📝

You can add wallpapers without gluying it to the wall , by using thumb tacks like for a poster or frame and add higher trims or baseboard or ceiling finitions like Victorian's Houses ... the curtains make a huge difference also 🪟 ... You can also use specific wall colors (as long as you paint back plain if you leave and ask the landlord ) or again use a wall cover of a color antique ... You can add false stone wall and brick wall inside behind your book shelves 🧱 ... You can add a film for windows like for UVA protection for cars that also have design of frost window opaque , they are like magnetic and peel without glue or damaging the area used , and cut it to the shape you need like around the mirror to make and Vintage style 🪞 or not to have mirror but to look nice ... Flooring can also be outdoor patio carpets waterproof and light to carry and cuttable , or puzzle wood imitation or pre-laminated flooring that fit like a puzzle to that you can add on top of your existing flooring ( it is supposed to be installed with nails to the floor, but if you rent you can't do this, so it might move and you have to refit it once in a while ... but it looks lovely )  🧩

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Grant for tenants in residential areas for their own units/ studio/ suites/ apartment 

Who wish to revitalize their units with washing/ repainting/ fixtures/ new frig use less powers electricity / new shower head save water/ new flooring on top of carpet / moving washing accessories & supplies / bug treatment/ carpet washing machine rental / bathtub regroathing / wall repairs / replacing broken included appliances / new window cover / Air conditioning / a portable water pressure 1 gallon tank to wash the windows outside their unit at seasons/ etc etc 

For revitalizing own rented unit to help minimize the landlord costs when the tenants rent for an amount of year , because it is difficult for the landlord to do the work if the unit is occupied ... After 5 years maybe the fan is broken and need to be replaced since included ... Or maybe a tenants arrive with not much to even prepare the unit and the landlord is not repainting etc etc this is a lot of expanses for the landlord as they have to repair and care for the whole buildings and so inside is sometimes the business of the tenants to keep it up ... This will help keep it nice even after the tenants rent for a while and update things on their own ...   

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Grants & Incentives from your city or riddings / wards (area of your vote in your city) for renovations etc 

See link below AS AN EXAMPLE to look for in your city ... They might have the same if you have renovation projects ideas 

https://investinhamilton.ca/incentives

https://investinhamilton.ca/news-resources/revitalizing-hamilton-tax-increment-grant-program

See also Throne Speech from Kings Charles III that MENTIONNED the reduction of building fees by the municipalities FOR MULTI-UNITS buildings 🏘️

https://www.royal.uk/news-and-activity/2025-05-27/the-speech-from-the-throne-45th-parliament-canada                 

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I share some messages about Heritages Homes & my love for them with the unique community that love them too 🏡 

I also pasted messages about affordable housing to inspire you to to the same as it is for our Goal #11 and the idea 💡 solution I thought about  ... I also added the factuals about costs saving of remodeling VS demolishing to rebuild new ...

'' I thank you for the many buildings the city has designated Heritages to protect them 👍

 ; to me this is a value to have them remodelled into multi-units studios/suites affordable & totally independent with private entrance + full bath + kitchenette dwellings; a dream for anyone that lives in the unsettling circumstance of not having their own place to live.🏝️🏖️🏕️ ... 🏡✨

I grew up in a century home and rented the second floor afterward when I was 20 years old ; I rented apartments many times since in these uniquely designed century homes, that gives the chance to find something affordable with a unique flair and a sense of history ... For a certain community, this is an amenity on it's own ... I also insisted on owning one when I was still married, and got pregnant soon after 🕊️ ... and this was my son first home 🏡 

Now again I rent a suite in one century house 🏡 and I adore the unique layout and the many families this huge century house shelters ☁️ , 12 independent units in this was a huge house 100 years ago ...

Heritages buildings are also part of a specific community that appeal to artists, authors , historians, architects, archeologists etc 

I have sent emails about my views on remodelling vs demolishing to rebuild new , that was referring as example of project Jamiesville complex North end of the city and other complex with plywood abandoned for many years like North end also James St North / Wood Street ACCROSS Bay Park Pier 4 , a complex of town houses with plywoods on windows the size of a light intersection by the park , that each town house could be divided into at least 1 Apt per floor = 3 family each at least and this is probably 1000 homes studios dwellings for citizens  

'' ... Also I suggested to remodelling building complexes instead of demolishing if abandoned to lower fees and have enough $ to make more complex available ... I live in a century house multi units divided into 12 apartments totally private ... And it is fine even if not new !!! 

My connection that works renovations is enzo@rdbuild.ca and CIE elevationize see post https://mysustainabilities.blogspot.com/2025/06/heritage-homes-remodelling_30.html ... '' 

I see the ' Protect Ontario ' from our PM M Ford mentionned the focus on building NEW ... But this city is not on the income scale of the rest of the GTA that can afford renting in brand new apts or condos or lofts luxurious complexes ... This city has probably the most proportion demographic of citizens on Ontario Works has I know from my own experience ; that is you can't afford the standard of life in Toronto + GTA ... You got to go in a city that offers more affordable ... With the demographics on illnesses in the population , even before the Pandemic 2020 , and since the amount of citizens on sick leave, with the Economy that is for many that are self-employed or that works or profits from retail slow or non-profit as it is at the moment for problem of group blocking sales and bankrupting citizens in purpose ... It is only logical that the population is divided in between 2 financial tax bracket group and none in the middle ... So the proportion of citizens needing affordable dwellings is huge and out of the Toronto + GTA ... = In this city citizen try to settled on a lower budget and so = more affordable dwellings have to be available ... Affordable to me is what a person can afford on worst circumstances that is on social assissatnce without disability happening the event of illness or sick leave and not be able to work more then the value of Ontario Works that is equivalent of 10 hours min wage per week ... Some citizens can't work more then 10 hours per week with this disturbance Defcon3 situation since Feb 2022 and BEEING TARGETTED in their homes and I'll from this , and so it is the same $ then Ontario Works = need is dwellings they can afford in those circumstances + $ for grocery, because the food bank are unreliable also , from my own experience ... This makes it safe for anyone to rent a dwelling totally independent and = this is also safe and for any ages 🤗💗

Of course it is not to make the same rules everywhere because other groups are more wealthiest and this is awesome for them ; and they certainly should have something new if they like and more expensive or luxurious if they can afford it ✨

But this city has to be focus on affordable to accommodate safely citizens that arrives in financial disasters from more expensive areas ... This is a good way to secure skills also and avoid our community sustainable to fall into traps or EMBUSHED because they can't find apts they can afford and fall into homeless that = penalized us all ... 😔

Heritages are a great opportunity to secure places to avoid homeless and abandoned complexes 

I had sent also an example in this city , an older building 6 floors high brown brick corner Charlton St / Bay St south , where the owner is replacing all the windows new and the whole building looks new now and awesome and everyone wants to rent there I am sure 😊 ... The costs is the same as building new for any remodelling , carpet or flooring , paint, fixtures , windows and doors , even wall gypsrock and new tiles or backsplash or cabinets ... - minus the demolition fees + wasted materials collection fees + the new foundations + walls structure of floor and ceilings and plumbing and seewer + electric box + laundry electric switch + furnace or heating system + sewers installing from the city + roof and roof tiles and whole walls electricals and pipes for plumbing $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ = how much units for rent price after these costs ... ?! 🤨🧐☹️😦😧🫤😕

For this city and mostly for downtown with so many buildings even stores abandoned or left to deperish, and Durand area that has so much heritages buildings ... There is tons of opportunities to remodel enough to really focus on stoping this homeless crisis and losing all our peoples or communities, that probably have to go to another province and bring their skills and economy there instead of here ... 🤔

In the case of building new to be really the Go thing ... Building simple complex like motel size for units side by side without second floor or finished basement (only for utilities) is the best option to make it still affordable enough probably and totally independent ... 😉

Please find these 2 Posts from my Blog about the topic BY GOALS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOR CANADA AND ONTARIO AS PER LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR GENERAL ... GOAL 1 AND GOAL 11 

https://mysustainabilities.blogspot.com/2025/06/sustainability-development-goals-goal-1.html

https://mysustainabilities.blogspot.com/2025/06/sustainability-development-goals-goal_22.html

https://mysustainabilities.blogspot.com/

Thank you for your support into this difficult population situation that is homeless 👍 and low income 😔 from illness or bankruptcy or persecution / national repression / BEEING very young or pregnant alone 🙏"

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 ... " I just found the information about the Jamiesville complex and I think it was the same townhouses complex I was referring to ... I understand then that there is a builder already interested and that has started his building plans for the complex ...

https://www.hamilton.ca/people-programs/cityhousing-hamilton/development-revitalization/development-projects/405-james-st-n

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/jamesville-cn-rail-1.7184898

I still wish you keep my message and opinion for the option cost saving to house more citizen with the remodeling older complex VS demolishing to rebuild new ... even part of ... for references ... and for new projects in the near future ... 

I would like to know how I can help for this puzzling situation of places locked in limbo that could be suites / studios to homeless citizens right now ... Would it be a way 🙃 , from creative thinking , that there could be a listing available for this city about older buildings 50+yrs to be only remodelled inside keeping the structure intact and at a price citizens on Ontario Works , that is equivalent of 10 hours per week at minimum wage , could afford keeping some funds for grocery and be totally independent (no food bank or subsidize in case PERSECUTTED) ... About $500-$700/month ... These do not qualify for Heritage and these builders are pretty vicious when they have an eye on something and they care nothing if citizens can afford it after or if it gets rented or not after they make their $ building ... 

I am looking at Idea solution Sustainable development Goals #11 Access to Affordable housing THAT IS LISTED PRICE WITHOUT SUBSIDIZED and in enough quantity for everyone that don't qualify for the subsidized or after the 2 years periode ... That also affects Goal #1 Reduce poverty #2 Food #3 Health and from there #8 Economy, even local economy to shop at grocery and pay the landlord ... My idea is to secure some older buildings or homes vacant possibly , possibly that had fire , not older enough to fit the Heritage , to get them off this limbo and find homes for homeless or citizen in limbo also in temp accomodations or shared accomodations because of safety issues ... For youths or early 20's it is also a priority to find them an independent dwelling as soon as possible ... Those could be with programm SOS from Good Sheppard that arranged the finding an apt for them ... The listing could be : listed as VALUE500/650FBKPE for list price advertised value between $500 to $650 to pay for FB full bathroom K kitchenet PE private entrance ... That is just an example ... 

Thank you for your attention and good work for our Ward 2 👍

You could have this as my suggestion for a vibrant Downtown that I haven't had the chance to fill but to me this is my community 🙃 and from there lots of good citizens that can live and be healthy and eat and spend on local grocery or store etc ... Not rich or fancy ... But skilled and contributing and many are artists, divorced , single parents or pregnant mother alone or young or youths also and some ex-convict that are not recidivating and many ill or elders not rich 🤗💗 ''

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Post by Ms Izabel Langlais

Freelance Researching Writing and Journalism, Bin 1000478274

Province of Ontario, Canada 

June 30th 2025