ACORN Canada members are fighting for affordable and livable housing at all levels of government across Canada.
People making choices about bill payments after job losses and business closures because of pandemic
The financial sting of COVID-19 may deepen for some Canadians this week, as May 1 ushers in the second due date for renters since the pandemic began.
Almost half of Canadian renters may not be able to make May 1 rent, according to a new survey that comes as the federal and provincial governments look to each other to fund residential rent relief.
One in three Hamilton tenants say they won’t have enough money to pay their May rent because of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a national survey conducted by ACORN Canada.
ACORN’s survey out today says over a third of Canadians can’t pay rent
According to the survey, 15 per cent of tenants have been threatened with eviction since the pandemic started
Posted on April 29, 2020
Posted on April 29, 2020
Maria Mendoza is a single mom living with an asthmatic 11-year-old son in an apartment contaminated with asbestos.
The provinces and Ottawa have reached a deal on commercial rent relief and Doug Ford has now put residential rent relief on the table