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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Tougher rules for landlords and better protections for tenants could be in place by next summer, following the approval of a new regulation for rental apartments.
New rules approved by city council will transform the way rental housing is monitored and should result in cleaner, safer units.
While 30 per cent is considered "affordable" a new report from the Ontario Trillium Foundation, said many Torontonians are paying more than that every month.
Toronto city council voted to move forward on ACORN's demand for real enforcement of apartment standards.
Toronto City Council has approved a new set of rules designed to protect tenants and penalize bad landlords.
Council votes to boost number of enforcement officers, perform citywide audit of rental buildings
If we are good enough to work in the city, then we are good enough to live in the city. Affordable Housing Now!!
Debate over tighter regulatory system for rental housing in Toronto set to move to City Council next week.
Hopes rising for a LiveSafe rating system in highrises
In one of the blazing investor markets in Canada, an advocacy group is trying hard to get landlords to be licensed and legally certified. A report titled State of Repair: The Tenants’ Case for Landlord Licensing in Toronto was issued on Tuesday by The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).