Garth Brown speaking in Milton on Monday April 15th

Garth Brown, landlord and affordable housing advocate will be speaking about his projects in Kitchener, Oakville and Burlington at Southide Community Church on Monday April 15th at 7pm. This regular bi-monthly gathering is a time to learn the latest progress from Milton Transitional Housing concerning the housing crisis in Milton and Halton, as well as get to know each other. If you are interested in hearing more about what we are doing, or getting more deeply involved as a volunteer, please join us on Monday, April 15 at 7pm at Southside Community Church, 7480 Derry Road (south side between the Sports Centre and the hospital).

Twitter account change - follow @MiltonTH1

The original twitter profile @HSHMilton is going offline very soon and we recommend you now follow @MiltonTH1 on twitter where you will find the same interesting content on those at risk of homelessness in our community and wider a field. At the start of the original project we had been granted use of the Home Suite Hope name as we were being mentored by Home Suite Hope Shared Living Corp in Oakville. Milton Transitional Housing Corp. is now as standalone project, with its own website, Facebook page and twitter profile. You can connect to each of them here. This blog will also continue. It has received almost 20,000 page views and daily visitors. This blog details our story since 2008. Our quest to establish 7 units to help those at risk of homelessness in our Milton community is on track and remains our vision.

Toronto City Council increase homeless shelters

Torontoist contributor Desmond Cole reports about the Toronto City Council Vote to Increase Homeless Shelter Capacity, as councillors want to see shelter occupancy kept at or below 90 per cent. Torontoist article The piece describes the pressure for homeless shelters in Toronto and interviews Joe Mihevc, Councillor Jaye Robinson, Ontario Coalition Against Poverty organizer John Clarke and Liisa Schofield also from OCAP.

The 3rd Annual Empty Bowls in March raised over $7,000.

Milton Transitional Housing are very thankful for the $7,000 at the 3rd Annual Empty Bowls. Over 135 diners were welcomed at MinMaxx Hall, Milton Centre for the Arts, on March 17th for a gourmet soup lunch donated by local restaurants, caterers and bakeries. A HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers, sponsors and to everyone who attended the event! More pictures from the event can be viewed on the MTH Facebook page. Thank you to the sponsors and restaurants: Platinum and Event Sponsor MinMaxx Realty Silver Sponsor U-Need Storage Bronze Sponsors The David & Chaia Ayre Goodworks Foundation Simply Creative Pottery Studio The Storage Spot Soup Allison's Catering Main Street Italian Eatery Swiss Chalet Amore Mia Bistro Japan Buffet Lisboa Bakery Osso Bucco Ristorante Bistro On Main Casey's Grill Bar Kelsey's Restaurant Lynda's Catering Bread Boston Pizza La Rose Italian Bakery Pottery Simply Creative Pottery Studio Tree Top Pottery c+r pottery Other Gay Lea Foods Family Matters in Milton Grants Ontario Trillium Foundation Halton Region The Meeting House Community Partners Community Living North Halton Friends Boston Pizza Milton Faith United Milton Milton Area Christian Churches Working Together St. Paul’s United Church Boston Presbyterian Church Ladies Fellowship Group Grace Anglican Church Community Outreach Sleep Country Milton