Hamilton is short on family-sized rentals and faces a looming housing crunch for older adults, says a study that underscores the city’s overall affordability challenges.

And much of what’s available on the ownership market is too large and expensive for what many buyers can afford.

To tackle such challenges, Hamilton needs a “co-ordinated and strategic response,” Justin Lewis, director of the city’s housing secretariat , told council this week.

The call for an overarching “housing master plan” that builds on strategies the city has already drafted springs from a consultant’s housing needs assessment.

That study was conducted as a requirement of the federal government’s housing accelerator fund, which in 2023 earmarked $93.5 million for Hamilton to help create 2,675 housing units

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