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ACORN takes action to stop financialized landlords
Posted on May 19, 2022
Ottawa Citizen: City staff find way to save Manor Village homes from LRT destruction, while 'renovictions' remove tenants
Posted May 19, 2022
After pressure from ACORN and our allies, Hamilton moves forward on inclusionary zoning
Posted May 18, 2022
After pressure from ACORN, the Hamilton Community Benefits Network and Environment Hamilton, Hamilton moves forward on inclusionary zoning.
On Monday ACORN, HCBN and Environment Hamilton held a press conference outside City Hall and delegated to the LRT subcommittee to demand action on the promise for affordable housing from the LRT project.
Global News: London tenants seek rent control from next Ontario government
Posted May 17, 2022
A group that advocates for tenants in London, Ont., who are struggling with affordability says rent control for all units is among its top demands for the next political party to form Ontario’s government.
Toronto Observer: What can Toronto learn from a horrific fire that ravaged a New York City building, killing 17 people?
Posted May 16, 2022
New York City’s deadliest fire in more than three decades ripped through the Twin Parks apartment building in the Bronx earlier this year, killing 17 people including nine children. An unattended space heater caused the fire, officials said.
NB Media Co-op: Opinion: May Day evictions show Higgs government’s failure to act, tenants’ rights groups say
Posted May 5, 2022
Tenants and tenant advocates with the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights and ACORN NB are dismayed by news of mass evictions issued May 1st, many of them evidently intended to skirt the province’s pending rent control legislation.
Ontario ACORN Provincial Platform Launch
Posted April 30, 2022
Ontario ACORN members launched the election period last night! With nearly 200 ACORN members from all over Ontario joining ACORNs virtual Housing forum and Provincial Platform Launch on April 28th, 2022!
Halifax Examiner: Protestors rally outside legislature demanding minimum wage increase, more affordable housing, tenant protections
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.
Abusive landlord in LaSalle - ACORN Montreal steps up! * Propriétaire abusif à LaSalle - ACORN Montréal se mobilise!
Posted March 16, 2022
LaSalle, Montréal. March 12th 2022, 11 AM.
The Pointer: Another piece of public land sold to developers with no affordable housing commitment; Region of Peel & Mississauga ignore ongoing crisis
Posted February 2, 2022
Late December 2021, Metrolinx, Ontario's regional transit agency, sold a 1.48-acre parking lot directly across from Port Credit Go Station, to a development group.
Le Droit: Manor Village: déménagement forcé plus tôt que prévu
Posted May 20, 2022
Les résidents de la communauté Manor Village — qui offre des logements à un prix abordable — croyaient avoir encore quelques années avant de perdre leur maison, en raison de l’étape 3 du train léger. Des rénovations entreprises par les entreprises propriétaires des immeubles sont toutefois venues chambouler ce calendrier.
CityNews: Manor Village tenants demanding property manager withdraws eviction notices
Posted May 20, 2022
The community organization ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and residents of Manor Village will be holding a rally on Wednesday, May 18 to demand the company who owns the property withdraw eviction notices issued to remaining tenants.
Insauga: Hamilton votes to add ‘inclusionary zoning’ to official plan, amid fears Ford would ‘undo’ it if re-elected
Posted May 18, 2022
Adding inclusionary zoning to Hamilton’s official plan gained support among city councillors, albeit amid worries about the province pulling rank if Doug Ford and the Ontario PC Party are re-elected.
CBC News: Hamilton planning committee moves to require affordable housing along LRT route
Posted May 18, 2022
Hamilton's planning committee voted unanimously to support inclusionary zoning, which would require developers to include affordable housing along the city's Light Rail Transit (LRT) route.
Hamilton Spectator: City moves to expedite affordable-housing tool along Hamilton LRT route
Posted May 18, 2022
An advocate for affordable housing units along Hamilton’s future LRT route is hopeful a tweak to the city’s official plan will expedite a tool to ensure they’re included amid a flurry of private investment.
The Public Record: Affordability ‘Crisis’ along Hamilton LRT Corridor Needs to Be Addressed Before It Gets Worse, Say Resident Groups
Posted May 17, 2022
Council’s Light Rail Transit Sub-Committee held its first meeting since 2017 this morning to receive City staff updates on the project contracts and design updates.
“The LRT project requires approximately 90 full property purchases,” stated City of Hamilton LRT Project Director Abdul Shaikh, in his first presentation to Council since taking on the role earlier this year.
Global News: Tenant advocates push for affordable housing along Hamilton LRT route
Posted May 17, 2022
Delegates say quick action is needed by the city to ensure affordable housing is built along Hamilton’s future light rail transit (LRT) corridor.
The Public Record: Hamilton’s LRT Committee Meeting for the First Time Since 2017
Posted May 17, 2022
Hamilton City Council’s Light Rail Transit Committee will hold its first meeting since 2017 on Monday with staff updates on the project’s progress since the May 2021 announcement of a new 100 percent funding package of 3.4 billion dollars for the B-Line.
Hamilton Spectator: Advocates call for faster action by Hamilton on LRT affordable housing
Posted May 17, 2022
Tenant advocates say Hamilton must act faster to build new affordable housing along a rapidly gentrifying LRT route.
The Hill Times: Opinion: Will feds keep their promise to crack down on predatory lending?
Posted May 17, 2022
CBC News: Hamilton residents urge city to make affordable housing mandatory along LRT route
Posted May 16, 2022
Hamilton city council's Light Rail Transit (LRT) sub-committee met for the first time in nearly five years Monday, and heard from residents urging the city to ensure affordable housing is built into construction plans along the transit corridor.
Hamilton ACORN and allies demand action on promise for affordable housing from LRT
Posted May 16, 2022
Today ACORN, the Hamilton Community Benefits Network and Environment Hamilton held a press conference in front of City Hall to urge the City of Hamilton to pass a bold inclusionary zoning before 2023.
The inclusonary zoning tool is one open to cities like Hamilton to mandate that developers must include affordable housing in their new construction.
Toronto.com: 'We didn't ask to be injured': Torontonians on the Ontario Disability Support Program fear future without change
Posted May 13, 2022
For Bob Murphy and at least 112,000 other people across Toronto, this provincial election is potentially life-changing.