Housing

  • Some of the striking tenants from 71, 75 and 79 Throncliffe Park Dr. Photo credit: Thorncliffe Park Tenants
Tenants' lawyers successfully argue for joint hearing
TORONTO – Dozens of Toronto tenants facing eviction hearings at Ontario's Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB) will have their cases...
Fernando Arce
Oct 2
  • An apartment building that is under construction. (Public domain, from PXHere.)
Op/ed: The free market will not fix our housing crisis
Canada’s distorted debate about housing risks costing the public far more than most of us realize. Nearly all attention is placed...
Matthew Hayes
Oct 2
  • Tenants hold a banner outside the Weston King Neighbourhood Centre, where Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow met with them to discuss their ongoing rent strike. Photo by Fernando Arce. (either this or next pic?)
Corporate landlord shows ‘true colours’ by declining mayor's invitation to meet striking tenants
While the tenants of 33 King St. and 22 John St., in Toronto, say it's disappointing and "shameful" that their landlord declined...
Fernando Arce
Sep 16
  • Tenants of 1570 Lawrence Ave. W. gather for a potluck to celebrate their victory at the Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board
Tenant organizing played crucial role in stopping renoviction
Tenants who fight together, win together. That's what tenants from 1570 Lawrence Ave. West in Toronto want other tenants around...
Fernando Arce
Aug 26
Climate Groups Say No to Landlord Pushing Decarbonization Costs Onto Tenants
Climate activists joined tenants on Thursday to demand a prominent corporate landlord remove what they say are illegal above-...
Fernando Arce
Jul 28
The hard, slow work of opposing poverty in an era of growing crisis
Sandee Lovas and Silke Force are members of the Alliance Against Poverty, a grassroots anti-poverty group in Kitchener-Waterloo,...
Scott Neigh
Dec 20
Fighting for collective bargaining rights for tenants
James Barbeiro is a chef who lives in Sinixt territory in Nelson, British Columbia. Jen works in the social service sector and...
Scott Neigh
Jul 5
A new look at one of Ontario's most notorious grassroots groups
For more than 20 years, A.J. Withers was active with one of Ontario’s best known grassroots groups, the Ontario Coalition Against...
Scott Neigh
Jan 4