COVID-19: Benefits and Resources
A collection of information, resources, news and campaigns around the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACORN Canada members are fighting for affordable and livable housing at all levels of government across Canada.
Affordable Liveable Housing
Indy 100: Debate erupts over plans to turn a parking lot into affordable housing for homeless people
Posted March 3, 2021
London Free Press: Politicians mull licensing apartment, townhouse rentals amid pushback
Posted March 3, 2021
CBC Morning North: The voices of people facing eviction in Ontario
Posted March 2, 2021
With the lockdown over in most of Ontario, some things are getting back to normal. And that includes people being forced out of their homes for not paying rent. The advocacy group Acorn Ontario put us in touch with three people across the province facing eviction this spring. The first voice you'll hear is an Ottawa woman named Patricia, who told us about the place she calls home.
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Big Win for Rexdale ACORN - Tenants of 25 Leduc and 2 Torbolton Dr Win $10,000 from the Tenant Defence Fund
Huge win for tenants at 25 Leduc Dr and 2 Torbolton Dr in Rexdale.
Huddle: ‘The Slumlords Are Preying Upon Us’: Halifax Residents Demand Action Amid Disrepair, Infestations
“You can’t put any food out on the counter. You can’t thaw out meat because they’re on top of the plastic trying to suck through.”
Inside Ottawa Valley: As eviction enforcement ban lifts in Ontario, advocates say it didn't protect the most vulnerable
Tenants want to see eviction hearings paused during enforcement bans
Peel Matters: Tenants Rights and Landlord Issues
Michelle Bilek speaks about Tenants Rights and Landlord Issues and the ongoing evictions in Peel.
The Aquinian: ‘Housing is a basic human right’: Tenant protest happens over Zoom
A group of around 40 tenants gathered on Zoom last week to speak out against COVID-19 evictions, advocating for a two per cent cap on rent increases and extending the grace period for late rent to 30-days instead of the current seven-day period.
Hamilton News: Residents concerned about cleaning and COVID-19 at apartment building on Hamilton Mountain's Mohawk Road East
Some residents at the apartment building at 977 Mohawk Rd. E. are complaining about what they claim is a lack of cleaning and sanitization at the seven-floor complex.