ACORN Canada members are fighting for affordable and livable housing at all levels of government across Canada.
The group ACORN protests outside the home of Premier Doug Ford on Sept. 15, 2020. The group wants more protection for renters.
Posted on September 15, 2020
In late August, the Ford government announced it was drafting legislation that will freeze rents in many parts of Ontario for 2021. In many quarters this was seen as very good news, but the reality is it will do very little to help tenants in Hamilton, who are increasingly being squeezed out by out-of-control rent increases.
Eloise Keene, a senior who lives alone, has been sleeping in a chair in her apartment in Hamilton’s east end for two weeks.
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An independent tenant advocacy group has started a petition calling for Halifax council to force landlords in Nova Scotia to be licensed.
ACORN members protest infestations in subsidized housing at Ottawa City Hall
Ottawa ACORN members protested at City Hall for pest control and property management.