Samir Sidahmed and Homestead Land Holdings

Homestead Land Holdings: Samir Sidahmed said he was contacted by his former landlord, Homestead Land Holdings, last week following an Oct. 4 Spectator article about his family situation. , according to Hamilton Spectator. "I'm happy they backed off the $16,000, but we're still in the same struggle," said Sidahmed, who is living with his wife and two children, ages 1 and 3, in one room at a relative house. "I didn't have that money to begin with." A young family who lost everything in a July fire at Landmark Place caused by another tenant is no longer on the hook for $16,000 in damages, but they are still without a place to live. The 26-year-old Sudanese immigrant said the company offered to waive its demand that he pay for repairs to his burned-out unit in the building at the corner of Main Street East and Catharine Street South, but still won't let him rent another apartment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.