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ACORN members traveled to Montreal and Toronto to demand affordable internet service from Google as part of ACORN’s national Digital Access to Opportunities campaign.
Jane and Finch ACORN members are emboldened by their recent victory in 100 York Gate Blvd, where the landlord Cherishome Living has bowed to intense community pressure to turn the heat back on after an ongoing lack of heat in the building.
Summary of the gains so far from Toronto ACORN's tenant rights campaign.
Toronto ACORN member Donna Borden on AMI radio to talk about predatory lending practices.
ACORN members in Toronto and Ottawa led actions last week to put pressure on the Ontario Liberal Government to pass Bill 39 to amend the Planning Act to allow Cities to mandate affordable types of housing be included in new condo developments.
Toronto is divided not only by income, but by access to formal banking - which impacts the financial and physical health of the city's poor.
Seven years after Toronto ACORN member Donna Borden borrowed $10,000 from CitiFinancial, she says she had made $25,000 in payments — and was still no further ahead.
A few dozen ACORN representatives from across Toronto descended on City Hall with a holiday present for new Mayor John Tory. And we hope it was a present he won't forget over the next four years.
Tenant advocacy group seeks action from city on poor housing conditions
On Saturday, Fifty ACORN members strong demanded major improvements at their North York apartment building, and it did not take long for problems to start getting dealt with.