Hamilton ACORN

Hamilton ACORN has three chapters in Hamilton, Ontario - Mountain, Downtown & East End.

Please contact the Hamilton ACORN office for more info on upcoming chapter meetings and actions. 905-393-5734 / hamilton@acorncanada.org //

Local Campaigns:

Healthy Homes: Hamilton ACORN won a review of the city’s property standards bylaws in January 2020. During COVID19, ACORN Hamilton has been fighting for mandatory health and safety measures in apartments to protect tenants during the pandemic.

- Renovictions in Hamilton report

- Read the full report on 2020 win

Defend Our Homes: Hamilton ACORN is calling on the City of Hamilton to protect tenants from renoviction & substandard housing.

- 2018 Report, Hamilton Tenants Demand A Better City from City Hall

- 2020 Report, Defend Our Homes

Online actions:

Stop Renoviction in Hamilton (Send a message to the Mayor)

Stop Predatory Landlords on Hamilton Mountain

Stop Downtown Renovictor

Click here for more provincial and national campaigns

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Hamilton Spectator: Hamilton poverty fighters target ‘predatory’ quick-fix money lending

Posted March 23, 2021

Hamilton Spectator: ‘I won’t last on the street’: Hamilton tenants stare down end-of-month deadline to leave homes for renos

Posted on March 13, 2021

CBC News: Hamilton ACORN leaders target predatory lenders to demand lower interest rates

The group delivered demands to Money Mart and Cash ‘N’ Cheque on Concession Street

Hamilton News: ACORN targets pay day loan business on Concession Street

Feb. 17 protest part of national day of action

CHCH News: Hamilton ACORN action against predatory lending

CHCH coverage of Hamilton ACORN members participating in ACORN's national day of action against predatory lending

TVO: ‘Speak or fall through the cracks’: Citizen engagement during COVID-19

As the pandemic highlights the role of governments and politics, more Hamiltonians are turning out to voice their concerns

Hamilton Spectator: Opinion: Bringing justice to Hamilton’s budget deliberations

Justice is one of those familiar, powerful words that is both completely ubiquitous and difficult to define. What, really, does the concept of justice truly mean?

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.

Hamilton ACORN & allies call for just recovery from COVID19 pandemic

Hamilton ACORN has joined other local community and non-profit organizations to form Just Recovery for Hamilton coalition to advocate for a just recovery from the pandemic.

CHCH: Local advocacy groups say the pandemic has exacerbated problems for the most vulnerable

Poverty, homelessness, and domestic violence – several advocacy groups in Hamilton say the pandemic has exacerbated problems for the most vulnerable in our community.

Uniting Communities for Justice