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

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

That includes the fitness and aquatic centre, the newcomer youth centre and the EarlyON child care drop-in centre.

Those facilities closed after a fire on July 22 ripped through the building's third floor, displacing 173 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 of the 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 floor last week, 10 are living in temporary accommodations at the building and six 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 said the charity is rethinking how it helps people experiencing homelessness in Hamilton in the wake of the fire and is hoping to eventually relocate.