Hamilton's downtown YMCA resuming services next week after fire in July

Hamilton's downtown YMCA says its serviceswill reopen to members on Monday, Aug. 12.

That includes thefitness and aquatic centre, thenewcomer youth centre and theEarlyON child care drop-in centre.

Those facilities closed after a fire on July 22 ripped through the building's third floor, displacing173 tenants in the YMCA's transitional housing residence program for men.

Members who make bi-weekly payments will see their future payments adjusted to reflect the credit they got during the three-week closure.

Members who make payments each year or term will get a three-week extension to their membership.

The credits may not appear until the end of this week, according to the YMCA's website.

Some ofthe 173 tenants staying at the YMCA when the fire broke out have returned to their units or found permanent housing, according to the charity.

On its website, it states 37 people returned to their units on the second floorlast week, 10 are living in temporary accommodations at the building andsix found permanent housing.

YMCA also says 120 are temporarily staying elsewhere including in hotels, other shelters or with family and friends.

Manny Figueiredo, chief executive officer of the local YMCA, previously saidthe charity is rethinking how ithelps people experiencing homelessness in Hamilton in the wake of the fire and is hoping to eventually relocate.