
A new report that looks into how energy costs and climate change are affecting the wellbeing of tenants in New Brunswick
Information Morning – Moncton with Jonna Brewer. Jonna interviews Nichola Taylor, the New Brunswick chair for Acorn Canada.

Information Morning – Moncton with Jonna Brewer. Jonna interviews Nichola Taylor, the New Brunswick chair for Acorn Canada.

Des citoyens de Moncton se sont rassemblés, mardi, pour réclamer des améliorations aux immeubles à logements afin qu’ils soient mieux adaptés aux changements climatiques. Les locataires, surtout ceux et celles ayant un revenu annuel moindre, ressentent directement les conséquences des phénomènes météorologiques comme les chaleurs extrêmes.

Des bâtiments vieux, non réparés et pas optimisés aux normes environnementales. Une quinzaine de membres de la section locale de l’ACORN s’est rassemblée mercredi sur le parvis de l’hôtel de ville d’Ottawa pour réclamer la mise en place d’un règlement qui définirait la chaleur maximale autorisée dans les logements l’été. «Nous voulons que la Ville passe un règlement qui établisse un maximum de chaleur dans les logements au-dessus duquel il serait illégal d’aller. Avec la progression des changements climatiques et les étés qui deviennent de plus en plus chauds, c’est un besoin de plus en plus urgent!» explique Edward Roué, co-président de la section régionale Centre-Ottawa d’ACORN.

As climate change fuels hotter summers and more extreme heat events, a tenant advocacy group is on a campaign to protect vulnerable B.C. renters who live in units without air conditioning. Global News speaks with ACORN Canada’s Monica Bhandari about the campaign.

With summer approaching, ACORN is calling on Toronto officials to implement more measures to better protect tenants during extreme heat.

With summer heatwaves on the way, tenant advocacy group London ACORN held a rally outside city hall. ACORN Canada recently surveyed 750 tenants across the country about summer heat and related building maintenance. It found that 44 per cent of the low and moderate-income respondents lack access to air conditioning. The cost of energy was the most common reason. “Having A/C in each unit, that is controlled by the tenant, is incredibly important,” said Farrah Sherrard, Secretary of the London-at-Large Chapter. “That is something that the landlord needs to do, but in addition, we need regulations that put that cost onto the landlord without having that impact the tenants in terms of AGI’s (Above Guideline Increases) or other expenses.”
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