Healthy Homes - Habitation saine

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.

The Signal: ‘A safety valve’: Halifax councillors exploring improvements to demolition permits

The move is a response to an eviction by demolition in Halifax

Toronto Storeys: Ontario Exploring Moratorium on Residential Evictions During Lockdown

While the Ford government announced the province’s second state of emergency and other measures aimed at slowing the rise in daily coronavirus cases, including a stay-at-home order, the much-needed ban on residential evictions was noticeably left out.

Superbe action à LaSalle ! * Superb action in LaSalle!

Montreal ACORN LaSalle

ACORN a organisé une conférence de presse pour arrêter une rénoviction au 9208 rue Airlie. // Montreal ACORN held a press conference to stop a renoviction in 9208 rue Airlie.

Nova Scotia Advocate: PSA: Your landlord may owe you rent

After lots of public pressure the Nova Scotia government introduced a two percent cap on rental increases for existing tenants in late November of last year.

BC End Rent Debt Banner Drop a Big Success!

BC ACORN End Rent Debt banner drop

BC ACORN has been looking for ways to get the attention of the BC NDP Government during COVID, and on Saturday they sent a message that could not be ignored: a gigantic banner over the Cambie St Bridge!

CTV News: Banner drop on Cambie Bridge calls for rent debt forgiveness in B.C.

On Saturday, advocates dropped a banner off the Cambie Bridge in Vancouver calling for rent debt forgiveness.

London Free Press: 'Unfit for humans': City hall slow to act on substandard housing, agency says

The email’s subject line was prophetic: “Bad house waiting for a fire.“

LifeSpin’s executive director Jacquie Thompson sent that email to city hall officials Aug. 26, but she’d been warning about the house for more than a year.

CBC New Brunswick: New group calls on Higgs government for better tenant protection

Premier has said he doesn't have a plan for rent control, but has asked for a report on widespread issue

Tell Doug Ford to Ban COVID19 Evictions!

Ontario ACORN No COVID evictions

Today Ontario ACORN members from Hamilton, Ottawa, Sudbury and London got together to demand that Doug Ford take emergency action to ban evictions during COVID19 by approving the motion put forward by MPP Suze Morrison.

CityNews: Toronto to move forward with vacant home tax

CityNews coverage of Toronto vacancy tax decision

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