{"id":5084,"date":"2021-09-09T16:39:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-09T20:39:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/herongate-acorn-forces-concessions-while-council-votes-redevelopment\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T23:19:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T03:19:44","slug":"herongate-acorn-forces-concessions-while-council-votes-redevelopment","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/herongate-acorn-forces-concessions-while-council-votes-redevelopment\/","title":{"rendered":"Herongate ACORN Forces Concessions While Council Votes for Redevelopment"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tPosted September 9, 2021<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\"\"On September 8th 2021, City Council passed Hazelview\u2019s Official Plan Amendment application with 18 yeas to 6 nays. This will allow Hazelview to redevelop the rest of Herongate over the next 25 years. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tACORN member\u2019s 3 year long campaign of actions, meetings, surveys, petitions, rallies, and media attention, culminated in a final rally at City Hall on the morning of the 8th. <\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tThe rally was led by Marie Lourdes Garnier, Love Affinotan, and Davette Nyota with speeches by Faiza Ibrahim and Ilhan Ali and Councillors McKenney and Leiper. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tLeaders led the 40 person crowd in chants outside the Mayor\u2019s office and then outside near the council chambers once the council meeting had started. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the overall vote was disappointing, the tireless persistence of Herongate ACORN members, secured rental replacement subject to rent control for tenants whose homes will be demolished, at the same rent and type of unit that they have now. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe Herongate ACORN Tenant Union will continue to organize in the neighborhood, and is now gearing up for the first site plan, where they will fight for more benefits for tenants and hold Hazelview to their agreement. <\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tHerongate ACORN members are still fighting for: <\/span><\/p>\n