{"id":15908,"date":"2024-12-09T14:54:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/?post_type=news&p=15908"},"modified":"2024-12-10T09:41:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T14:41:48","slug":"toronto-moves-closer-to-a-max-heat-bylaw-but-tenants-frustrated-by-delays","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/toronto-moves-closer-to-a-max-heat-bylaw-but-tenants-frustrated-by-delays\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto moves closer to a max heat bylaw, but tenants frustrated by delays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toronto, Ontario<\/em> – On Thursday, December 5th, 2024, Toronto ACORN members Marcia Stone and Julia Farquharson presented to the City\u2019s Planning & Housing Committee to demand action on extreme heat inside apartment buildings.<\/p>\n

On the committee\u2019s agenda was a City staff report recommending the implementation of a maximum heat bylaw that would require landlords to keep their apartments at or below 26\u00b0C. This is something tenants have been demanding for years!<\/p>\n

But the devil\u2019s in the details: we won\u2019t see a draft of this bylaw come back to City Hall until the fourth quarter of 2025 – after next summer! That\u2019s an unacceptable delay that puts vulnerable tenants at risk.<\/p>\n

ACORN members urged the committee to accelerate the timeline, and to fund and launch an emergency free air conditioner program for low-income tenants before summer 2025.<\/p>\n

Marcia Stone told the committee: \u201cexisting programs are simply too difficult to access. And all these programs require a doctor\u2019s note – something that working people would struggle to get when 2.2 million Ontarians don\u2019t have a family doctor.\u201d<\/p>\n

She then asked committee members: \u201ctell me – do you need a doctor\u2019s note to tell you that it\u2019s 40\u00b0C in your apartment and you don\u2019t have A\/C?\u201d<\/p>\n

The motion passed unanimously, without an amendment to the proposed timeline.<\/p>\n

Please find the Toronto ACORN\u2019s full statement.<\/a><\/p>\n

To get involved in our Beat the Heat campaign, contact our office at (416) 461-9233 or <\/span>tocanvassdir@acorncanada.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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