{"id":11252,"date":"2022-11-28T13:54:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T18:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=11252"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:17:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:17:17","slug":"etobicoke-acorn-fighting-back-against-slumlord-q-residential","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/etobicoke-acorn-fighting-back-against-slumlord-q-residential\/","title":{"rendered":"Etobicoke ACORN Fighting Back Against Slumlord Q-Residential"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"760\" height=\"515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sB75rZkom-E\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Over 30 ACORN members and tenants of 2777 Kipling Ave had a tenant speakout this weekend to speak about the issues they\u2019re forced to live with at their building and delivered a letter of demands to their landlord Q-Residential.<\/p>\n<p>Tenants are living with rats, mice, sewage leaking in the parking garage, no heat in the winter, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>And Q-Residential filed for a 5.5% INCREASE in rent &#8211; how\u2019s paying close to $3000 to live with rats and bedbugs a fair deal?<\/p>\n<p>One tenant shared how the rats have destroyed furniture, food, and have bitten her children. Lot of similar stories were shared.<\/p>\n<p>We were able to get tenant complaint forms signed (so much that we ran out!) and will be sending them in to the City. This is why we need a stronger RentSafe program in Toronto that would have stricter penalties and fines for landlords like Q-Residential that clearly take advantage of tenants.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11253\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/316155856_2956887071273681_6011304467171515764_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\u00a0 <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-11251\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/toronto-1.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11254,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","front_page_slider":[],"campaigns":[62],"featured_news":[70],"class_list":["post-11252","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","campaigns-housing-tenant-unions","featured_news-yes"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/11252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front_page_slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page_slider?post=11252"},{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=11252"},{"taxonomy":"featured_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_news?post=11252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}