CityNews Toronto: Housing advocates encouraging Toronto to keep rent grant program alive
Posted May 31, 2022
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The Charlatan: Manor Village tenants fight to stop evictions
Posted May 30, 2022
More than 50 Manor Village tenants and members of the ACORN Tenants Union marched the streets of Ottawa’s Centretown neighbourhood on May 18, calling for property owners to end eviction notices against Manor Village residents.
CBC News: Renters feeling 'left out' of housing debate ahead of Ontario election
Posted May 27, 2022
In Toronto, calls are growing for provincial parties to better protect renters and the neighbourhoods they call home.
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Hamilton Spectator: McMaster 'Art of Change' students study solutions to Hamilton's housing crisis
Posted May 25, 2022
Inclusionary zoning, rent controls and a vacant home tax program were among the tools identified by McMaster students earlier this year in a quest for solutions to Hamilton’s housing crisis.
CityNews: Ontario election 2022: How will the parties help renters amid housing crunch?
Posted May 24, 2022
“Being a tenant right now we feel like we’re abandoned,” Alejandra Ruiz Vargas, the chair of the East York chapter of Acorn, told CityNews in an interview on Tuesday.
“We have not been fair with renters … Renters are the ones who sell you coffee in the morning, renters are the ones who clean the city, renters are the frontline workers.”
Toronto Star: Opinion: It’s time for Toronto to create an affordable high-speed internet network
Posted May 24, 2022
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
Downsview Advocate: ACORN Organizes With Chalkfarm Residents: The Campaign For Healthy Homes
Posted May 13, 2022
When the RentSafe program was first implemented, residents of 160 - 200 Chalkfarm Dr did not anticipate the struggle they were to face in the coming years.