Rabble.ca: Watch: Stuck in the jaws of predatory loan sharks
Watch this video to find out how ACORN is fighting for victims of high-interest loans that prey on the poor.
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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Watch this video to find out how ACORN is fighting for victims of high-interest loans that prey on the poor.
How ACORN is fighting for victims of high-interest loans that prey on the poor.
New forms of lenders are lining up to benefit from Canada's credit boom, charging high interest rates to the riskiest of borrowers. The shadow lending market is growing faster than it can be regulated, leaving the most indebted Canadians vulnerable to what activists describe as predatory lending practices. Borrower Beware will examine who these borrowers are, why they’re forced to turn to the shadow lending market and how Canada can do better.
Housing provider refuses to provide engineers’ reports on 3171 Eglinton Ave. E., where bricks falling from the walls were just the latest problem.
ACORN member Donna Borden talked to Metro Morning's Matt Galloway about why these changes matter.
ACORN Canada is calling on the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Committee to make internet more affordable for low-income families.
A coalition of groups representing consumers, seniors and anti-poverty activists is calling on Canada’s telecom regulator to force industry players to expand access to high-speed Internet for low-income households and those living in rural areas.
Un groupe de Torontois espère que le CRTC obligera les fournisseurs d'accès à Internet à offrir un service haute vitesse à 10 $ par mois aux plus démunis.
Posted June 26, 2015
ACORN members talk to CBC about their experiences with predatory lenders.