Housing Support
Phone: (905) 526-8100
Fax: (905) 528-1448
E-Mail: info@housinghelpcentre.ca
119 Main Street East
Hamilton, Ontario
L8N 3Z3
Help with Housing Searches
The Housing Help Centre provides free and useful tools to help clients search for housing, including:
LINKS Voice Mail
Can’t afford a telephone? Missing important messages? A private, reliable way to receive important telephone messages that acts like an invisible answering machine. Subscribers do not need their own telephone. Messages can be picked-up from any touch-tone telephone, 24 hours a day. Subscribers receive their own telephone number & private pass code. The service is for people who cannot afford their own telephone service. Click Here for our brochure. More information can be found in the links below:
• LINKS Setup/Renewal Form
• LINKS Subscriber Agreement
• LINKS User Guidelines
Free Mail Service
Housing Help Centre provides clients with access to a safe mailing address for letter mail free of charge.
Download the Client Mail Form.
Financial Assistance
Tenants facing eviction for non-payment of rent can apply to receive financial assistance through the Financial Assistance Programs.
Free Accommodation Listing Service
The Housing Help Centre provides a listing of rental accommodation across the city. It is free to landlords who can post or update their vacancies online. Tenants can check listings on the FLS by Clicking Here.
Information Services
The Housing Help Centre provides information resources on a variety of topics including:
• Tenants Rights & Responsibilities
• Supportive Housing
• Non-profit Housing
• Residential Care Facilites
• Rooming Houses
• Community Services
Language Line
The Language Line is a telephone-based translation and interpretation service which provides access to court certified interpreters over the telephone in over 100 languages.
Click Here for more information.