Update on new Nova Scotia ACORN chapter, and the action against Metcap
On Tuesday, members from the local ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) chapters of Halifax and Dartmouth waited outside the MetCap Living office at 35 Highfield Park Drive to hand over a letter asking management to meet and go over “housing standards issues.”
MetCap tenants say that mould, pests, leaks, broken appliances and security issues make life in a MetCap apartment very unpleasant.
Affordable housing action in Surrey, Sept. 29
Nova Scotia ACORN is calling for Metcap — a company operating low-income housing in cities across Canada — to start respecting the rights of its tenants, and for the city to implement a landlord licensing system.
Tenants from MetCap Living in Dartmouth brought letters of complaint on Tuesday about the poor living conditions in the apartments.
Ottawa members from Vanier and Overbrooke, as well as our city wide Get Out the Vote Committee, held a Town Hall on Voting Thursday, Sept.25
Tous les candidats cherchant à se faire élire comme représentant de ces secteurs le 27 octobre prochain ont entendu une série d'histoires d'horreur hier soir lors d'une rencontre organisée par le groupe Associations d'organisations communautaires pour la réforme maintenant (ACORN), une organisation indépendante nationale composée de familles et d'individus à faible et moyen revenus.
Grassroots activism and patient organizing pay off for anti-poverty organization
Gathering under the umbrella of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a small group of protesters held a rally in St. James Town to decry what they say are deplorable conditions in their apartment buildings.