COVID-19: Benefits and Resources
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CTV News: N.S. government creates temporary protection for renters; tenants union calls it a ‘Band-Aid’ solution
The Nova Scotia government has announced new protections it says will protect renters from excessive rent increases and renovations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Manor Village ACORN Members Take Fight to Ottawa Mayor
ACORN members from the Nepean neighbourhood of Manor Village have escalated their fight against the City of Ottawa to save their homes from stage 3 LRT (Light Rail Transit) demoviction.
Toronto.com: Toronto groups call for an end to homelessness and precarious housing
Shelter and Housing Justice Network holds a local Day of Action on National Housing Day
Gatineau ACORN stops an illegal eviction! / ACORN de Gatineau arrêt un expulsion illégale!
When Columbus Igboanusi went to visit his home country Nigeria earlier in February, he didn’t expect to be stuck overseas almost 10 months later. When COVID hit worldwide his return flight was cancelled. / Lorsque Columbus Igboanusi est allé visiter son pays d’origine, le Nigeria, plus tôt en février, il ne s’attendait pas à être coincé à l’étranger près de 10 mois plus tard. Lorsque COVIDE a frappé dans le monde entier son vol de retour a été annulé.
Toronto Star: Five reasons Trudeau’s ‘universal’ broadband plan is not, in fact, universal
Posted on November 13, 2020
Earlier this week, the Trudeau government announced an update to its plan to connect all Canadians to high-speed internet.
Hamilton News: COVID-19 wake-up call: Study finds many Canadians have no plan for when assistance ends
While there's no end in sight for COVID-19, many benefits are finite
NOW Magazine: How to negotiate a rent reduction
Your landlord may not agree to a reduced rate, but experts say they might consider other incentives
ACORN victory against evictions // Victoire de ACORN contre les expulsions
ACORN victory against evictions // Victoire de ACORN contre les expulsions
Surrey Now-Leader: ‘Banner drop’ in Surrey by group calling for increases to disability and income assistance
‘We live in a rich province and there is no excuse for people to live in poverty,’ ACORN rep says
CBC: Would rent control help or hinder Nova Scotia's housing shortage?
As N.S. caps rent increases at 2%, we hear from people on different sides of the rent control debate
Nova Scotia Advocate: Press release: ACORN’s statement on the Province’s announced protections for renters
A cap on rent increases is an overdue first step, but we need to hold the Province accountable in the long-term.
CBC Information Morning: Unaffordable or Unfit: Rent control debate
CBC talks to ACORN members about the rent control campaign
Opinion: Ottawa’s LRT plans are railroading the right to housing of Nepean residents
COVID-19 is not the only thing causing instability and fear for households in Ottawa.
Ottawa Citizen: Acorn protests "demoviction" outside the mayors house
Ottawa Citizen covers ACORN protest outside Mayor Watson's home
Ottawa Citizen: Manor Village tenants take fight against 'demoviction' for Barrhaven LRT to mayor's home
Ottawa ACORN members and residents of Manor Village took their fight against the threatened demolition of their homes to make way for an LRT line to Barrhaven to Mayor Jim Watson’s own west-end home Tuesday morning.
CityNews: Rexdale residents fight back against Renoviction
Some Rexdale residents are fighting back against renoviction attempts from their landlord.
Toronto ACORN Members Rally in Weston for Affordable Housing
Clip from Global News
The Globe & Mail: The urban Atlantic advantage: Work-from-home era offers Halifax more people and more wealth, but at a price
As remote work levels the economic playing field between cities, Nova Scotia is seeing an influx of newly untethered professional workers that will help them meet growth aspirations – and could also exacerbate problems of housing and inequality
Global News: Calls for Nova Scotia to reinstate eviction ban during public health emergency
At the height of the pandemic the province had a moratorium on evictions, but that’s no longer the case and hundreds of households have since faced eviction notices.
The Signal: Tenants rally for rent control
Crowd gathers in downtown Halifax to demand affordable rent
ACORN releases a damning report of Canada’s Largest Landlord, CAPREIT
Posted on November 9, 2020
Massive overhaul of CAPREIT business practices is needed to save the affordable rental housing market in Canada.
On Monday, November 9th ACORN CAPREIT Tenant Union released a damning report that details how Canada’s largest REIT destroys the affordable housing market, displaces tenants, pays no corporate taxes, all while collecting record profits.
Brampton Guardian: COVID-19 wake-up call: Study finds many Canadians have no plan for when assistance ends
While there's no end in sight for COVID-19, many benefits are finite
ACORN releases a damning report of Canada’s Largest Landlord, CAPREIT
Posted on November 9, 2020
Massive overhaul of CAPREIT business practices is needed to save the affordable rental housing market in Canada.
On Monday, November 9th ACORN CAPREIT Tenant Union released a damning report that details how Canada’s largest REIT destroys the affordable housing market, displaces tenants, pays no corporate taxes, all while collecting record profits.
The Coast: Halifax to rally for rent control this weekend
The policy, which exists in PEI, Ontario, Manitoba and BC would mean landlords have to stop jacking up the rent by however much they feel like.