A Message from Hamilton ACORN’s Political Action Committee
Posted October 8, 2026
ACORN’s political action committee sent a survey to candidates running in all 15 Wards and Mayor to see where they stand on the issues low-to-moderate income tenants want to see prioritized.
- Tenant protections from extreme heat (max heat bylaw + free transit during heat waves for all riders)
- Improvements to Hamilton’s Housing Emergency Fund
- Expanding rental licensing to all wards. Current program covers wards 1, 8 and part of 14
- Affordable transit – Increase Fare Assist program to 100% discount
- Maintain existing tenant protection bylaws ( Renovation Licence and Relocation By-law (renoviction), Rental Housing Protection By-law (demoviction) and Safe Apartment Bylaw (proactive building inspections)
- Size and type of affordable housing – Review minimum size of affordable units for livability and preserve affordable townhomes
- Community control / consultation on new Data Centres in Hamilton.
- Libraries are for all! Keep carding out of libraries.
ACORN’s political action committee reviewed all the survey responses and took into consideration the candidates’ support to ACORN’s campaigns during the last four years. ACORN’s PAC has endorsed THREE candidates for the 2026 Hamilton municipal election.
ACORN’s Political Action Committee – 2026 Municipal Candidate Endorsements
In total, we received 23 survey responses. Click here to view ALL survey responses.
Ward 1 – Mark Powell, Maureen Wilson, Nathan Savelli
Ward 2 – Cameron Kroetsch, Eisham Abdulkarim
Ward 3 – Christine Cayuga, Christopher De Melo, Nrinder Nann, Wade Campbell
Ward 4 – Jason Farr, Jemma Lambert, Tammy Hwang, Tobin Tuff
Ward 5 – Juanita Maldonado
Ward 6 – Peter Werhun
Ward 7 – Mark Daly
Ward 8 – Adlan Taramov
Ward 9 – Eileen Walker
Ward 10 – (None)
Ward 11 – (None)
Ward 12 – (None)
Ward 13 – Loren Lieberman, Spencer Naylor
Ward 14 – Kojo Damptey
Ward 15 – Jeff Yaeger
Mayor – Scarlett Gillespie