Nova Scotia ACORN members and allies united against austerity
Nova Scotia ACORN members Darryl King and John B. Cox speak out with allies in this #NSUNCUT video
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Halifax Media Co-Op: Poverty activists occupy Joanne Bernard's constituency office
Latest budget cuts make a hard life harder, group charges
Halifax Media Co-op: Anti-Austerity Budget Bedfellows
Speech snippets from hundred-strong #NSUncut demo
Ottawa Community News: ACORN demands housing allowance increase for Ontario’s disabled
Social justice group wants 20 per cent hike
CBC News: Social assistance software a headache for city staff, clients
Long time ACORN member Charlotte Taylor tells CBC how SAMS computer system is hurtful for social assistance recipients worrying about paying rent and buying groceries because of cheque delays or cuts.
Raise the Housing Allowance or We'll Have to Live in a Box - Ottawa ACORN members
Posted March 19, 2015
Ottawa Sun: ACORN calls for a hike in disabled Ontarians' housing allowance
Members and volunteers of ACORN Ottawa gathered near the Human Rights Monument Wednesday to shine a light on problems with the Ontario Disability Support Program.
CFRA 580: ACORN narrows in on ODSP housing allowance for 2015 campaign
ACORN Ottawa says the housing allowance provided by the provincial government for people with disabilities needs to go up.
Metro News: ACORN pushes for 20 per cent housing allowance hike
Members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) are calling for a 20 per cent hike to their housing allowance
Globe & Mail: B.C.’s poverty-reduction plan keeps the single-parent family in mind
The B.C. Liberal government has, in the past few weeks, rolled out improvements to the province’s social safety net, targeting single parents and their children.