Lowertown Echo: Protecting affordable housing
Posted February 9, 2022
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Posted February 9, 2022
Posted February 1, 2022
In recognition of the City's two year anniversary of declaring a 'Housing and Homelessness' emergency, Ottawa ACORN members led a 90+ person virtual protest against demovictions. Ottawa made history on Jan 29th, 2020 by becoming the first city in the country to declare housing an emergency. While ACORN members supported this declaration wholeheartedly, not enough has been done to actually END the emergency!
Posted on January 29, 2021
The city doesn't yet have an inclusionary zoning policy that mandates affordable housing in new developments.
Posted January 28, 2022
The City of Ottawa's planning committee — presented with another tower project that would see low-rent apartments demolished — struck a deal to have the developer offer financial help to existing tenants when they are forced out of their homes.
Posted January 22, 2022
Un peu plus d’une dizaine de personnes s’est rassemblée jeudi midi devant les logements abordables du 641-649 rue Rideau, à Ottawa, pour réclamer de la Ville d’Ottawa le rejet de la demande de démolition des cinq bâtiments. Leur destruction permettrait la construction d’une tour d’habitation de luxe à cet endroit.
Posted January 21, 2022
Great action on Thursday, January 20th at 641 Rideau Street fighting back against the demovictions that are set to take place!
Posted January 22, 2022
A three-story, six-unit apartment building on Nepean Street is facing demolition, in order to put up a parking lot.
This would force six tenants to move. Several of them joined with Ottawa ACORN to hold a protest on January 6 in front of the building at 142 Nepean.
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Posted January 11, 2022
On a sunny afternoon in Vanier, red flags waved and chanting could be heard in the parking lot of a strip mall on Donald Street. A crowd of 20 people answered a voice from a megaphone: “What do we want? Fair banking! When do we want it? NOW!“
Posted January 7, 2022
The Ottawa chapter of ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) is joining residents at 142 Nepean St. in Centretown in their bid to persuade the city to reject a demolition proposal for their affordable building.
Posted January 7, 2022