Toronto ACORN was founded in 2004, with the first organized group in Canada being formed in Weston / Mt Dennis after tenants took their slum-lord to task and won $250,000 in rent abatements. In the next ten years Toronto ACORN spread to every part of the city leading the fight and winning significant victories including raising the minimum wage; strengthening of the enforcement of apartment building standards; regulating the payday loan industry in Canada; and countless improvements in our neighbourhoods. In the next year we plan to fight for a new Residential Tenancy Act; to turn up the heat on predatory lenders that sell consolidation loans; to continue our fight to get the city of Toronto to license all landlords in the city; and to keep the pressure on to close the digital divide.
Toronto ACORN has local meetings in your neighbourhood and they are always open for new people to get involved. Join Toronto ACORN now!
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Posted January 14, 2022
The constant shift from in-person learning to virtual has unsettled many marginalized families, who feel like they’ve been left behind. Rayman Miller, a Humber College student and the leader of a low-income union group called ‘Acorn Toronto’ highlights the inequities.
Posted January 12, 2022
Family Properties is the owner of a large number of rental properties in the GTA, including six apartment buildings in Toronto.
Posted January 8, 2022
It started as a neighbourhood rumour and is turning into a fight requiring their own time and money against a strong opponent.
And yet people behind Save Birch Cliff Village (SBCV) are not backing down.
Posted January 5, 2022
When Morad Roohi and his partner decided they needed to find new accommodation last winter, their search turned up very few affordable options.
One of them was Main Square Apartments in Toronto’s east end, a complex of four apartment buildings at the intersection of Main Street and Danforth Avenue.
Posted December 11, 2021
Weston ACORN members held a Healthy Homes Action on Wednesday December 8 for the tenants of 2255 Weston Road
Posted November 22, 2021
East York ACORN members held a great action on November 18 at Main and Danforth (Main Square), to demand a healthy home and proper living conditions for the tenants at Main Square!
Posted November 15, 2021
A new Toronto policy to introduce more affordable housing is drawing mixed reaction, with critics saying it isn't bold enough to tackle the city's housing crisis and developers arguing it could be a disincentive for new projects.
Posted November 15, 2021
A new Toronto policy to introduce more affordable housing is drawing mixed reaction, with critics saying it isn't bold enough to tackle the city's housing crisis and developers arguing it could be a disincentive for new projects.
Posted November 15, 2021
A new Toronto policy to introduce more affordable housing is drawing mixed reaction, with critics saying it isn't bold enough to tackle the city's housing crisis and developers arguing it could be a disincentive for new projects.
Posted November 15, 2021
TORONTO - A new Toronto policy to introduce more affordable housing is drawing mixed reaction, with critics saying it isn't bold enough to tackle the city's housing crisis and developers arguing it could be a disincentive for new projects.