ACORN Canada members are fighting for affordable and livable housing at all levels of government across Canada.
Dozens at 235 Gosford Blvd. call on property management company to communicate better
Residents displaced by a five-alarm fire at 235 Godford Boulevard protest outside the damaged apartment building.
Roughly a dozen tenants displaced by a massive fire-alarm fire at a North York high-rise last month held a protest outside the shuttered building on Saturday as they demanded greater support from their landlord.
Posted December 5, 2019
This is a blog post written by Toronto ACORN member and East York ACORN Chair Alejandra Ruiz Vargas
Council has voted unanimously in favour of beefing up its RentSafeTO program in an effort to keep landlords more accountable for keeping buildings in good repair.
Landlords ignore the RentSafeTO program and changes won't work, tenant says
On November 26th & 27th over 20 ACORN members made it down to Toronto City Hall at 9 AM to witness, pressure and ensure that tenants' right to safe and healthy housing was enforced by our politicians.
Landlords in Toronto will have to pay a fee to the city if they fail to provide for tenants if the buildings they live in are evacuated due to fire, flood or other service disruptions — part of a suite of changes adopted by city council on Wednesday strengthening tenant rights.
City currently uses complaint-based enforcement
Waterfront Toronto, Sidewalk’s government partner, agreed last month to let the urban-planning company keep developing plans for the neighbourhood on a smaller scale than it wanted.