Affordable Liveable Housing

A collection of information, resources, news and campaigns around the COVID-19 pandemic.

Posted June 11, 2021

HALIFAX -- Two days after Nova Scotia's Liberals announced temporary rent caps in response to evictions and fast-rising rents amid the pandemic, they quietly decreased how broadly the controls applied.

Posted June 10, 2021

Fourteen tenants gathered at 8550 Jean Brillon to denounce the infestation problems in Lasalle.

The press covered the event and we unveiled the results of our investigative report on the unsanitary problems suffered by tenants across Montreal.

Posted June 8, 2021

The Two Towers, the second novel in Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy (along with the film based on it), is the scariest, most unsettling of the series. The two towers overlooking the harbour at the foot of John Street remind us of this tale. Theirs is also story of the search for something precious and powerful, of a titanic struggle between good and evil, but most importantly, the importance of having somewhere to call home.

Posted June 7, 2021

The Herongate ACORN Tenant Union held an amazing Rally + Demoviction Tour, with 65 people rallying in the 35 degree heat and humidity on Saturday! 

Posted June 2, 2021

NB ACORN continued with its Tenant Protection campaign last week with the MLA Picket Day on May 29th. 

Thanks to the  70 or so people who came out to their Conservative MLA’s office to demand the fundamental changes to tenant law that is required to End the NB Housing Crisis! 

Posted June 1, 2021

On Saturday May 29th, 9 Peel ACORN members and leaders held had an amazing RentSafe Petitioning Day at the Westwood Mall area in Malton. 

New and long time members came out from all over Mississauga and Brampton to fight for RentSafe Mississauga and flex their petitioning skills, and it was a success! Members raked in a total of 76 contacts to support RentSafe!

Posted May 28, 2021

Thousands of tenants in Toronto are behind on rent and at risk of eviction, which is why Toronto ACORN members have been fighting for rent relief for tenants, and targeting all levels of Government.

While Trudeau and Ford have done their best to ignore the problem, we managed to push John Tory and secured a victory for tenants in need of rent relief!

Posted March 24, 2021