National Day of Action: End Apartment Sales to Predatory Landlords

New data from CMHC shows that the share of units that are affordable for low-income households is less than 5% in major centres, 1% in Metro Vancouver and almost 0% in Ontario cities.

Coast to coast to coast, big corporate landlords are buying all of the affordable apartment buildings on sale and then using predatory tactics to extract as much value as possible - all at the expense of the tenants! They raise rents, displace tenants through renoviction, and demoviction and no-fault evictions, and cut costs by not maintaining the buildings.  

ACORN's national research shows that tenants living in units owned by corporate landlords are more likely to live with pests, mould etc., face unfair rent increases and never get work done, especially if they are long term tenants. 

That's why ACORN is doing a National Day of Action to ask the federal government to end apartment sales to predatory landlords.

WHEN: 25th July, Wednesday
WHERE: 
Ottawa: 142 Nepean S at 12:30 PM
Toronto: 75 Eastdale at 12 noon
Peel: 55 Ardglen Drive, Brampton at 3 PM
Hamilton: 20 Duke Street at 1 PM
Vancouver: OMNI Headquarters - 1010 Seymour St #200 at 12 PM
Fredericton: 251 Main St. at 12 noon
Halifax: 105 Highfield Dr. at 11 AM

ACORN's DEMAND: ACORN is asking the federal government to end apartment sales to corporate landlords by setting up an acquisitions fund so that non-profits, co-ops, tenants and land trusts can buy affordable market rental buildings.

Join us!

If you have any questions, send us an email at organize@acorncanada.org