{"id":544,"date":"2012-03-29T15:38:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T19:38:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/press-release-acorn-canada-launches-centre-tenant-organizing-new-hub-tenant-activism-toronto\/"},"modified":"2012-03-29T15:38:28","modified_gmt":"2012-03-29T19:38:28","slug":"press-release-acorn-canada-launches-centre-tenant-organizing-new-hub-tenant-activism-toronto","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/news\/press-release-acorn-canada-launches-centre-tenant-organizing-new-hub-tenant-activism-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: ACORN Canada launches Centre for Tenant Organizing, new hub for tenant activism in Toronto."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally.jpg\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally.jpg 500w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>ACORN Canada, a national membership organization of low and moderate income families, is announcing today the launch of new online hub of activism and organizing for Toronto tenants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Tenant Organizing aims to be an online clearinghouse for tenant engagement \u2013 connecting tenants to organizing materials, campaign support &amp; City services.&nbsp; The launch is in response to demand from tenants across Toronto for resources to help them to unite their neighbours in campaigns and projects to win improved housing standards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site was launched with a Vital Ideas grant from the Toronto Community Foundation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantorganizing.ca\">http:\/\/www.tenantorganizing.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-362\" src=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally.jpg\" width=\"250\" style=\"float: left; margin: 5px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally.jpg 500w, https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/sites_acorncanada.org_files_images_rally-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>ACORN Canada, a national membership organization of low and moderate income families, is announcing today the launch of new online hub of activism and organizing for Toronto tenants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Centre for Tenant Organizing aims to be an online clearinghouse for tenant engagement \u2013 connecting tenants to organizing materials, campaign support &amp; City services.&nbsp; The launch is in response to demand from tenants across Toronto for resources to help them to unite their neighbours in campaigns and projects to win improved housing standards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site was launched with a Vital Ideas grant from the Toronto Community Foundation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The site is available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tenantorganizing.ca\">http:\/\/www.tenantorganizing.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><\/p>\n<p>Quick Facts about ACORN Canada\u2019s Tenant Organizing in Toronto:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Won landmark tribunal case in 2005 for tenants of 1775, 1765 Weston Rd \u2013 delivering $250,000 in rent rebates.<\/li>\n<li>Helped win Multi-Residential Apartment Building Audit and Enforcement Program (MRAB-AEP) &#8211; that overhauled how the City enforces apartment standards.<\/li>\n<li>In the first year alone, the MRAB-AEP won an estimated $100 million in repairs to rental properties in Toronto.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After 6+ years of organizing tenants for improved rental housing in Toronto \u2013 we are pleased to launch this new resource to help tenants organize themselves.&nbsp; Our 45,000+ members nationally, and 20,000+ in Toronto are celebrating this milestone.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Contact: Judy Duncan, Head Organizer&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Phone: 416-461-5322, canadaacorn(at)acorncanada.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":362,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","front_page_slider":[],"campaigns":[59],"featured_news":[],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/544"}],"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\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front_page_slider","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/front_page_slider?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"campaigns","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/campaigns?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"featured_news","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acorncanada.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/featured_news?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}