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Landlord Licensing – Valentines & Broken Hearts for Ottawa City Council! * Permis de propriétaire – Valentins et coeurs brisés pour le conseil municipal d’Ottawa!

20 Ottawa ACORN members took over the City Hall lobby this Valentine’s Day to push for action from…

Posted February 14, 2018

Oakwood Herald: ‘They gave in to developers‘: Ontario‘s latest move to curb housing costs slammed as weak

Proposed new rules that are supposed to help rein in the high price of housing in Ontario‘s expensive…

Posted February 14, 2018

National Post: Toronto tenants protest ’loophole’ that allows landlords to break rent control caps, ‘squeeze out’ low-income renters

More than 650 applications for above-guideline rent increases have been made in Toronto alone since the start of…

Posted February 5, 2018

Capital News: Ontario’s proposed affordable housing rules fall flat, advocates say

On Jan. 23, a small group of protesters stood in the freezing rain at the curb of a…

Posted February 5, 2018

TVO: Is the Liberals’ affordable-housing plan a ‘monstrous failure’?

ANALYSIS: Social-housing advocates are up in arms about Ontario’s inclusionary-zoning rules. John Michael McGrath explains why they’re angry,…

Posted February 5, 2018

Toronto Star: Parkdale residents protest ‘loophole’ allowing landlords to drive up rent

More than 50 tenants of one building are refusing to pay rent after their landlord applied to the…

Posted February 5, 2018

Metro News: Toronto urged to ‘step up’ for child care in 2018 budget

Toronto's 2018 child-care budget ignores council promise to match senior government funding by 20 per cent, advocates say.…

Posted January 23, 2018

Toronto Star: Toronto urged to ‘step up’ for child care in 2018 budget

Toronto's 2018 child-care budget ignores council promise to match senior government funding by 20 per cent, advocates say.…

Posted January 23, 2018

Montreal Sud-Ouest ACORN Members Meet With Housing Authority Leaders * Les membres ACORN du Sud-Ouest de Montréal ont rencontré la direction de secteur de l’Office municipale d’habitation

On Wednesday, January 17th over 20 ACORN members from social housing buildings across Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough met with…

Posted January 19, 2018

Global News: ‘My bed is cold’: Residents of East York apartment calling for landlord to boost heat

Tenants living in an East York apartment say they are wearing jackets to bed because the building’s heat…

Posted January 8, 2018

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