{"id":14893,"date":"2024-08-27T12:08:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T16:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=14893"},"modified":"2024-10-21T14:11:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T18:11:28","slug":"110-ontario-acorn-members-get-organized-to-fight-ford-for-full-rent-control","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/110-ontario-acorn-members-get-organized-to-fight-ford-for-full-rent-control\/","title":{"rendered":"110 Ontario ACORN Members Get Organized to Fight Ford for Full Rent Control!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14889\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255-1024x464.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"579\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255-1024x464.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255-300x136.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255-768x348.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255-1536x696.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-255.jpg 1915w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14890\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-253-1024x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"599\" height=\"252\" \/><br \/>\nLast night over one hundred ACORN members from across the province gathered online to plan next steps in our fight for full rent control in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>With rumors that Doug Ford is likely to call an early election, members wasted no time discussing his government&#8217;s disastrous track record on housing and issues concerning renters:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Removed rent control on all new developments built after 2018<\/li>\n<li>Weakened inclusionary zoning laws which now limits cities\u2019 abilities to require affordable housing in new builds<\/li>\n<li>Threatened to weaken cities\u2019 powers to protect affordable housing from demolition<\/li>\n<li>Tried to sell off the greenbelt to his developer friends which has now lead to an RCMP investigation<\/li>\n<li>Removed development charges which fund essential services like transit, affordable housing programs etc<\/li>\n<li>Sped up the eviction process during COVID and changed the rules so tenants can be evicted without a hearing in some cases<\/li>\n<li>Made hearings at the LTB (Landlord and Tenant Board) online only<\/li>\n<li>Voted against stronger rent control measures again and again.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If an election is called early ACORN members will be ready! Save the date for September 18th when Ontario ACORN chapters organize local actions for full rent control &#8211; all buildings, no loopholes.<\/p>\n<p>Want to get involved with planning and mobilizing for September 18th? Get in touch with your local ACORN office or contact <a href=\"mailto:ontario@acorncanada.org\">ontario@acorncanada.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you haven&#8217;t already, add your name to ACORN&#8217;s online action to send a message to Doug Ford, Housing Minister Paul Calandra and your MPP: <a href=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/take_action\/tell-doug-ford-to-close-ontarios-rent-control-loopholes-now\/\">https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/take_action\/tell-doug-ford-to-close-ontarios-rent-control-loopholes-now\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14891\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249-1024x431.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249-1024x431.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249-768x324.jpg 768w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249-1536x647.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-249.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 605px) 100vw, 605px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-14892\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Screenshot-245-1024x475.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"611\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14890,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","front_page_slider":[],"campaigns":[62],"featured_news":[70],"class_list":["post-14893","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\/14893","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\/14890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front_page_slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page_slider?post=14893"},{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=14893"},{"taxonomy":"featured_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_news?post=14893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}