{"id":4376,"date":"2021-01-19T15:53:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/inn24-acorn-toronto-advocates-affordable-housing-through-increase-vacant-home-tax\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T15:53:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T20:53:49","slug":"inn24-acorn-toronto-advocates-affordable-housing-through-increase-vacant-home-tax","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/inn24-acorn-toronto-advocates-affordable-housing-through-increase-vacant-home-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"INN24: ACORN Toronto advocates for affordable housing through an increase in vacant home tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grassroots advocates from Toronto ACORN came together at Nathan Phillip&#8217;s Square to pressure the City of Toronto\u2019s executive committee to pass the vacant-home tax proposal with a higher tax rate, which has been implemented in Vancouver, BC.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><em>Posted January 19, 2021<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Grassroots advocates from Toronto ACORN came together at Nathan Phillip&#8217;s Square to pressure the City of Toronto\u2019s executive committee to pass the vacant-home tax proposal with a higher tax rate, which has been implemented in Vancouver, BC. If the proposal is approved, the city stands to gain $55-$66 million in tax revenues per year, and this fund would be utilized for affordable housing projects.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q-s_YD3v1Uc\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">***<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/q-s_YD3v1Uc\">INN24 News<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\"><span class=\"es-button-border\" style=\"border-style:solid;border-color:#9AAEA6;background:#C51100;border-width:0px;display:inline-block;border-radius:0px;width:auto;\"><a class=\"es-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acorncanada.org\/newsletter\" style=\"mso-style-priority:100 !important;text-decoration:none !important;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;-ms-text-size-adjust:none;mso-line-height-rule:exactly;font-family:arial, 'helvetica neue', helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:18px;color:#FFFFFF;border-style:solid;border-color:#C51100;border-width:10px 20px 10px 20px;display:inline-block;background:#C51100;border-radius:0px;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;line-height:22px;width:auto;text-align:center;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up for ACORN&#8217;s newsletter<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"rtejustify\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","front_page_slider":[],"campaigns":[59],"featured_news":[],"class_list":["post-4376","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","campaigns-fair-fees"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/4376"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front_page_slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page_slider?post=4376"},{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=4376"},{"taxonomy":"featured_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_news?post=4376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}