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CBC The National: Payday lender lines of credit and instalment loans at 47% create debt traps, critics say

Posted March 5, 2021               Patricia Edwards of Toronto wanted to help…

Posted March 5, 2021

Toronto Star: Ontario program to help vulnerable households with rent comes up short, says province’s financial watchdog

Posted March 4, 2021 A benefit program meant to help vulnerable households with rent will leave most recipients…

Posted March 4, 2021

Indy 100: Debate erupts over plans to turn a parking lot into affordable housing for homeless people

Posted March 3, 2021 A dispute has erupted in a neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada over plans for a…

Posted March 3, 2021

London Free Press: Politicians mull licensing apartment, townhouse rentals amid pushback

Posted March 3, 2021 From a mouse infestation to an apartment without heat, Londoners shared their housing trials…

Posted March 3, 2021

CBC Morning North: The voices of people facing eviction in Ontario

Posted March 2, 2021 With the lockdown over in most of Ontario, some things are getting back to…

Posted March 2, 2021

Global News: Toronto neighbourhood residents upset about plans to turn parking lot into affordable housing

Posted March 1, 2021   Community members of an East York neighbourhood are up in arms about the…

Posted March 1, 2021

Big Win for Rexdale ACORN – Tenants of 25 Leduc and 2 Torbolton Dr Win $10,000 from the Tenant Defence Fund

Huge win for tenants at 25 Leduc Dr and 2 Torbolton Dr in Rexdale. Posted February 26, 2021…

Posted February 26, 2021

Huffington Post: Low-Income Canadians Face ‘Abusive’ Lending Rates Even In Pandemic

Lenders can hike interest rates up to 59 per cent. One senator is trying to make that illegal.…

Posted February 26, 2021

London Free Press: City hall takes aim at rundown housing in London

A trio of new proposals aims to tackle those issues and more by tightening city hall rules for…

Posted February 26, 2021

Toronto Star: Advocates announce day of action for affordable internet, as Supreme Court delivers defeat to Bell Canada

A coalition of advocates, organizations and researchers is launching a nationwide day of action to demand affordable-internet policies…

Posted February 26, 2021

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