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Surrey Now-Leader: BC ACORN report calls on Surrey to help renters
Report contains steps on how the City of Surrey can “ease” the city’s housing crisis
Global News: Hundreds in Hamilton facing eviction as Ontario reviews cases held up by COVID-19
Acorn's Hamilton chapter had another demonstration on King Street West Thursday August 6, 2020, calling for a repeal to bill 184 – known as the protecting tenants and strengthening community housing act.
CityNews: Thousands face evictions as tribunal reopens
The Landlord and Tenant Board reopened this week and will begin to work through a huge backlog of eviction applications.
Members Occupy the LTB Again!
Posted on August 4, 2020
ACORN members occupied the Landlord & Tenant Board yet again across three cities – Hamilton, Ottawa and Toronto. Members are outraged as LTBs across the province begin issuing eviction orders and eviction hearings.
Montreal: Victoire de ACORN pour les locataires * ACORN victory for renters
Les locataires de la rue Jean Brillon gagnent ! // Tenants of rue Jean Brillon have won!
Ottawa Matters: ACORN Ottawa calling for extension of Ontario rent forgiveness and eviction moratorium
The tenant advocacy group is worried about a provincial bill which could fast track evictions.
Waterfront Media HFX: The Nova Scotia ACORN Society Calls For Government Support To Stop Slum Lords
The Nova Scotia ACORN Society held a rally in Dartmouth, calling for better government action against slum lords.
Statement from ACORN Canada on the ongoing protests and police violence toward and killing of Black, Indigenous and other communities of Colour in Canada and abroad
Posted June 3, 2020
Our hearts fill and bleed knowing the list of Black, Indigenous and other people of Colour killed by the Canadian police and the police in the US. We are full of grief for their families. We stand with this fight and a never-ending commitment to fight for change that will end Canada's, the United States', and the world’s own never-ending pandemic of ardent racism.
The Spec: Hamilton landlords applied to evict hundreds of tenants over unpaid rent during COVID state of emergency
Posted on August 4, 2020
New statistics show landlords applied to evict at least 323 Hamilton tenants over unpaid rent even before a pandemic ban on evictions expired this month.
Toronto Storeys: Landlord and Tenant Board to Begin Processing Thousands of Eviction Applications
Posted on August 4, 2020
Beginning today, August 4th, Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board is set to begin processing thousands of eviction applications, following the lifting of a provincial moratorium on evictions.
Toronto Storeys: Toronto City Council Votes to Challenge Ford’s Controversial Bill 184
After endless backlash from tenants and housing advocates, Toronto City Council has voted in favour to legally challenge Bill 184, the provincial government’s contentious law that advocates say will make it easier to evict residents after the pandemic.
Join ACORN's NO COVID Eviction Online Action NOW
Posted on July 30, 2020
The Eviction Moratorium will be lifted on August 1st and it is estimated between 7-9% of tenants in Ontario weren’t able to pay rent during the pandemic. More than 6000 cases are with the Landlord Tenant Board Right Now!
680 News: Toronto to challenge provincial Bill 184 in court
Toronto City Council has voted to take the provincial government to court over Bill 184.
Rencontre de ACORN avec la société d’habitation du Québec * ACORN meeting with the Quebec housing society
ACORN a discuté avec la direction générale des programmes d’habitation.
CHCH: Hamilton tenants rally to voice their concerns over Bill 184
Dozens of concerned tenants marched through the streets of downtown Hamilton to voice their concerns over a new rental law that would make it easier for landlords to evict tenants after the pandemic.
Hamilton Spectator: Kill Bill 184, Hamilton tenant advocates demand
Hamilton tenant advocates are calling on the Ontario government to scrap legislation they warn will lead to more homelessness through expedited evictions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
CBC Up North: Protesters hit the streets in Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie over evictions
As Ontario re-opens, the government is also now allowing landlords to evict tenants who don't pay their rent
ACORN Members Occupy the LTB Demanding NO COVID Evictions
Posted on July 23, 2020
Beach Metro: Apartment building landlords now mandated to follow Toronto Public Health rules regarding COVID-19 safety
Landlords are now required to follow new COVID-19 health and safety rules from Toronto Public Health, city council has decided.
SOO Today: Trio of Saultites protest 'COVID evictions'
ACORN Canada stage protests in five Ontario cities Wednesday, including Sault and Sudbury
CFRA 580: Affordable housing in Ottawa has become more than a crisis
Affordable housing in Ottawa has become more than a crisis
Nova Scotia Advocate: Dartmouth tenants rally about building’s state of neglect
This afternoon some 30 tenants of 6 Nivens Avenue and their sympathizers rallied in front of the North Dartmouth building to bring attention to its state of disrepair.
City Matters: Bill 184 Tenant Concerns
Tenant concerns about Bill 184 post-pandemic
RBI: Canada: “Stay out of banking business,” banks tell post office
The lobby group representing Canada’s big banks says there just is “no public policy objective or existing gap in the marketplace” calling for Canada Post to become a retail bank.