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Every person deserves affordable, livable housing. In many low income neighbourhoods, tenants live with mold, pests, broken elevators, and other challenges because landlords will not do the repairs needed. ACORN Canada members fight for landlord licensing, building inspections, and stronger enforcement of maintenance rules and by-laws.

See our Healthy Homes demands here.

Ottawa Matters: 'They come through the sockets': Residents of east Ottawa apartment demand action on pest infestations

Residents of 1244 Donald St. want to mandate landlords to address pest infestations within a 72-hour time frame.

CBC Ottawa Morning: Proposed bylaw recommends changes to Ottawa rental regulations including pest control measures

Ottawa's community and protective services committee is considering a new property management bylaw, which would require landlords to develop a pest management plan and respond to vital service requests from tenants within 24 hours.

Hamilton Spectator: Activists to call for ‘bold action’ on city’s housing crisis

Posted August 21, 2020

CHCH: Acorn is calling on Hamilton to tackle the housing crisis

Hamilton advocates for affordable housing says many tenants are either living in deplorable conditions or being pushed out of their units by landlords.

Hamilton ACORN releases report calling for bold action to address Hamilton’s housing crisis

Today Hamilton ACORN released our report on Hamilton’s housing crisis at a press conference joined by Ward 3 councilor Nrinder Nann and Ward 8 councilor Jean Paul Danko.

CBC: West-coast bylaw would protect Hamilton tenants against 'renovictions', says advocacy group

Bylaw makes landlords responsible for tenant accommodations during renovations

Hamilton ACORN Report Release: Defending Our Homes

Today we released our report on the threats to the City of Hamilton's affordable housing and the bold action the city can take to protect low income and working class tenants.

Capital Current: City, housing advocates, landlords launch ‘blitz’ to move renters in need into 100 affordable units by October

The Alliance to End Homelessness, in concert with the City of Ottawa and the Eastern Ontario Landlords Organization, has begun an Ottawa Housing Blitz to find 100 affordable-housing units for people in need before October.

Global News: As coronavirus eviction bans end, advocates worry homelessness will rise

The provinces should ensure that people struggling financially amid the pandemic aren’t propelled into homelessness through eviction, argues Tim Richter, president of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness.

Hamilton Spectator: Cockroaches are 'taking over the building' and this Hamilton Mountain renter has had enough

Michael Hicks says the cockroaches in his Hamilton Mountain apartment building are so bad he can no longer bring his daughter over to stay with him.

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