CBC News: Fairbnb, newly launched coalition, to call on Toronto council to regulate Airbnb
Coalition says so-called home-sharing drives up cost of rent for those living in the city
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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Coalition says so-called home-sharing drives up cost of rent for those living in the city
Did you take a Payday Loan from Cash Store or Instaloans in Ontario after September 1, 2011?
The devices will help those in low income neighbourhoods have access to free, fast internet.
Partnership aims to get Torontonians in low-income neighbourhoods online
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has taken a lead role in the fight against ‘predatory lenders’.
After twelve years of repeated calls from ACORN’s membership across the City, Toronto City Council finally voted on Wednesday June 8th to begin creating a landlord licensing system with real protections for tenants.
Mayor joins in supporting public consultations on licensing, a measure advocates hope will help the city deal better with problem landlords.
Toronto City Council Voting on Landlord Licensing
Tenants versus the Landlord Lobby
The city of Toronto is halfway into a ten-year strategy to create more affordable housing, but data reveals the city is not even close to the halfway point.