ACORN National Convention 2022 - A snapshot! Take action to stop PSP (Pension Fund) from destroying affordable housing
Posted on June 23rd, 2022
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A developer is seeking to have these two 17-storey apartment buildings augmented by two more rental buildings of seven and 18 storeys at 63 and 73 Widdicombe Hill Blvd. in Etobicoke.
Posted August 8, 2022
Renting an apartment in Canada has become a tough task for many given the affordability crisis.
Posted July 29, 2022
What an awesome launch for Toronto ACORN's Affordable City platform!
Thanks to the 60 ACORN members, allies, and orgs who joined us and to our guest speakers: Geordie from the FMTA, Bianca Wylie, and Claire Michela from RavenLaw.
Posted July 26, 2022
Posted July 25, 2022
On Saturday afternoon, a small group of tenants living at the King Edward Ave. apartments held a rally outside of the building calling on the Ontario govern to take action.
Posted July 20, 2022
Hamilton ACORN is trying to find how many apartment residents in the city deal with sweltering humdity in the summer.
Posted July 20, 2022
Should landlords be allowed to raise rents to whatever they’d like between tenants? According to a top housing official in Toronto, it’s a topic that needs to be addressed by the Doug Ford government. Norma Jean Quibell, an ACORN Board Member, talks about her family’s experience with rent hikes on today’s Ottawa Now.
Posted July 6, 2022
New Brunswick is considered one of the most unfair places for tenants in the country.
Posted June 7, 2022
ACORN members in Montreal speak out against the poor conditions in their Lasalle apartment:
Posted May 27, 2022
The rapid increase of the cost of buying a home has caught the attention of politicians at all levels, but about a third of Ontarians are renters and not homeowners, according to the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario.
Posted March 25, 2022
Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside the Nova Scotia legislature Thursday to demand the provincial government do more to address poverty and housing gaps.
Posted August 8, 2022
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Posted July 26, 2022
Members of a local advocacy group for tenants say Ontario government rules are failing to protect renters from landlords who are issuing multiple N5 notices in a bid to oust them.
Posted July 25, 2022
Abi Bond has given Ontario Premier Doug Ford — whose own home is currently for sale at $3.2 million — an opportunity to show just how good a friend of “ordinary folks” he really is.
Posted July 22, 2022
In most parts of Ontario, humid heat waves hang down strongly into the air, so residents of an apartment in Toronto have to choose between air conditioning and affordability.
Posted July 18, 2022
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Posted July 13, 2022
Elizabeth Scott is dreading what could be in store for her and her family over the long, hot months of summer.
Posted July 12, 2022
Posted July 8, 2022
Tenants near Pape Village claim they've been blindsided with massive rent increases, after building management allegedly used loopholes stemming from legislation enacted during the pandemic. Brittany Rosen explains.
Posted July 7, 2022
On Wednesday, Peel ACORN members spoke out at against Drake Property Management's attempts to renovict tenants at 143 Main Street S in Brampton.