Speeding Up Evictions Will Not Build Rental housing
Landlord groups have made two very specific proposals to change the Residential Tenancies Act (RTA)…
Ontario Government Goes Back to Failed Rent Control Policy
Last week, Ontario’s Minister of Finance announced that rent control rules will no longer protect tenants that…
Ontario’s Social Assistance System: 100 days to fix it or to break it?
Eleven years ago, I started work at the Income Security Advocacy Centre, a legal clinic…
Bill 5 Will Weaken Toronto’s Democracy
Tenants all over Ontario need to be concerned about the attack on Toronto citizen’s democratic…
Where will we live?
Renters living in Ontario, especially in Toronto, desperately need more affordable rental housing options. In…
Making Sense of Toronto’s Rental Housing Market
The Tenant Issues Committee at the City of Toronto recently considered a new report on…
Healthy Cities and Affordable Housing
I want to live in a healthy city. A city that is liveable. A city…
Where you live should not harm your health
For people of comfortable means, home typically means well-being and security. Statistics confirm that wealthier…
On Responding to Airbnb
In 2016, UNITE HERE’s Local 75 filled Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church with more than 600…
Why A National Housing Strategy?
For many Canadians, the increasing number of people living on the streets, in shelters, or…