{"id":16662,"date":"2025-03-12T16:27:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=16662"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:47:23","slug":"acorn-pickets-to-demand-ford-government-doubles-odsp-rates","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/acorn-pickets-to-demand-ford-government-doubles-odsp-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"ACORN Pickets to Demand Ford Government Doubles ODSP Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-4 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\r\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;67d241a1122e6&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" 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will allow people to live with dignity.<\/p>\r\n<p>Last year, ACORN was able to force the Ford government to tie ODSP to inflation and ODSP has gone up for the FIRST TIME since the 90s! But the fight isn\u2019t over. Rent, groceries, transit\u2014everything is going up, but ODSP isn\u2019t keeping up. The maximum you can get on disability is $1300 a month which is UNACCEPTABLE!<\/p>\r\n<p>ACORN picketed outside the ODSP office to demand the following immediate action from the provincial government:<\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li><strong>Double the ODSP rates<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Increase the housing allowance to match market rent in the city<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>Stop clawbacks on spousal income and benefits<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p>This rally marks just one of many steps in the ongoing fight to ensure disabled individuals are treated with the respect and support they deserve.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/take_action\/end-legislated-poverty-raise-odsp-ow-rates\/\"><strong>Click here to\u00a0End Legislated Poverty \u2013 Raise ODSP\/OW Rates!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><strong>#RaiseTheRates #ODSP #ACORN #FightForDignity<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":16663,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","front_page_slider":[],"campaigns":[62],"featured_news":[70],"class_list":["post-16662","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\/16662","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\/16663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front_page_slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page_slider?post=16662"},{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=16662"},{"taxonomy":"featured_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_news?post=16662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}