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Legal and Law Reform
| Name | Year | Document | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Toronto Housing Now Initiative | 2019 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Pre-Budget Consultations | 2019 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Housed with Dignity - Human rights-based approach to housing | 2018 | Submission | Human Rights |
| Right to Housing Ideas Paper | 2018 | Submission | Human Rights |
| Inclusionary Zoning Regulation | 2018 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Challenging governments on failure of housing policy | 2011 | Notice of Application - Ontario Superior Court of Justice | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - CERA's work in housing rights and homelessness | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Homelessness and the Impact of Supportive Housing: A Personal Experience | 2010 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Supportive Housing Saves Lives: A Personal Experience | 2010 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Housing, Low Income Families and Youth | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Housing and Homelessness Provincial and Federal Funding and Initiatives | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Homelessness and People with Mental Illness and Addiction | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Criminalization of the Homelessness and Housing | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Aboriginal Peoples, Homelessness and Housing | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Barriers to Adequate Housing for People with Intellectual Disabilities | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Homelessness and Health A View from the Street | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Housing, Homelessness and People with Physical Disabilities | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Government Policy, Housing and Homelessness | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Canada and the Right to Adequate Housing under International Law | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Women’s safety and Access to the Affordable Housing | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Homelessness and its Profound Negative Effects on Health | 2011 | Affidavit | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - ACTO's allies join the case | 2013 | Decision - ON Superior Court | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Court throws out the case | 2013 | Decision - ON Superior Court | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Challenge goes to the Court of Appeal | 2013 | Notice of Appeal | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - ACTO's allies join the appeal | 2014 | Decision - Court of Appeal Judge | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Court of Appeal upholds decision to throw out the case | 2014 | Decision - Court of Appeal | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Challenge goes to the Supreme Court of Canada | 2015 | Notice of Application | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Challengers' case for the Supreme Court of Canada | 2015 | Memorandum of Argument | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Federal government responds to the challengers' case for the Supreme Court of Canada | 2015 | Memorandum of Argument | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Provincial government responds to the challengers' case for the Supreme Court of Canada | 2015 | Memorandum of Argument | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Challengers' reply to governments' argument at the Supreme Court of Canada | 2015 | Memorandum of Argument | Affordable Housing |
| The Right to Housing - Supreme Court of Canada refuses appeal | 2015 | Decision - Supreme Court of Canada | Affordable Housing |
| OHRC Policy on HR & Rental Housing | 2007 | Overview | Human Rights |
| OHRC Policy on HR & Rental Housing | 2007 | Submission - ACTO | Human Rights |
| OHRC Policy on HR & Rental Housing | 2007 | Submission - OASW | Human Rights |
| Changes to Co-op Eviction Law | 2013 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Changes to Co-op Eviction Law | 2013 | Submission | Tenant Rights |
| Assisting Tenants Experiencing Sexual Violence and Harassment | 2017 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Assisting Tenants Experiencing Sexual Violence and Harassment | 2015 | Submission | Tenant Rights |
| Ontario Long-term Affordable Housing Strategy | 2010 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Long-term Affordable Housing Strategy | 2009 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Long-term Affordable Housing Strategy | 2010 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing | 2017 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing | 2016 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Inclusionary Zoning for Affordable Housing | 2016 | Presentation | Affordable Housing |
| Federal and Provincial Budgets | 2018 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Federal and Provincial Budgets | 2017 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy | 2013 | Overview | Homelessness |
| Ontario Poverty Reduction Strategy | 2013 | Submission | Homelessness |
| Fighting Discriminatory Zoning Laws | 2007 | Overview | Human Rights |
| Fighting Discriminatory Zoning Laws | 2007 | Report - ACTO | Human Rights |
| Fighting Discriminatory Zoning Laws | 2008 | Report - Wellsley Institute | Human Rights |
| Fighting Discriminatory Zoning Laws | 2012 | Submission - Mr. Agrowall | Human Rights |
| Rooming Houses in Toronto | 2017 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Rooming Houses in Toronto | 2016 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| Rooming Houses in Toronto | 2017 | Presentation | Affordable Housing |
| National Housing Strategy | 2017 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| National Housing Strategy | 2016 | Submission | Affordable Housing |
| National Housing Strategy | 2016 | Submission - Right to Housing Coalition | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Fair Housing Plan | 2017 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Ontario Fair Housing Plan | 2017 | Deputation | Affordable Housing |
| Multi-residential Registration in Toronto | 2016 | Deputation | Tenant Rights |
| Duty to Accommodate People with Disability | 2009 | Overview | Human Rights |
| Duty to Accommodate People with Disability | 2009 | Decision - Divisional Court | Human Rights |
| Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal | 2002 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal | 2002 | Decision | Tenant Rights |
| Rent Deposits | 2011 | Decision - Court of Appeal | Tenant Rights |
| Rent Deposits | 2011 | Decision - Divisional Court | Tenant Rights |
| Rent Deposits | 2010 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Unathorized Installation of Electricity Submeters | 2012 | Decision - Divisional Court | Tenant Rights |
| Unathorized Installation of Electricity Submeters | 2012 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Imposing Electric Submetering | 2009 | Decision LTB | Affordable Housing |
| Imposing Electric Submetering | 2009 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Landlord's Own Use - Bedford Properties | 2012 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Landlord's Own Use - Bedford Properties | 2012 | Decision - Divisional Court | Tenant Rights |
| Right to Hearing | 2008 | Overview | Tenant Rights |
| Right to Hearing | 2008 | Decision - Divisional Court | Tenant Rights |
| Preservation of Rental Housing Stock | 2011 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Preservation of Rental Housing Stock | 2006 | Decision - OMB | Affordable Housing |
| Planning & Human Rights - Excluding low-income households | 2011 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Planning & Human Rights - Excluding low-income households | 2010 | Decision - OMB | Affordable Housing |
| Planning & Human Rights - St. Jude Community Homes | 2011 | Decision - OMB | Affordable Housing |
| Planning & Human Rights - St. Jude Community Homes | 2011 | Overview | Affordable Housing |
| Exclusionary by-laws affecting homeless shelters | 2003 | Overview | Homelessness |
| Exclusionary by-laws affecting homeless shelters | 2004 | Decision - OMB | Homelessness |
| Human Rights Issues at Boards and Tribunals | 2010 | Overview | Human Rights |
| Human Rights Issues at Boards and Tribunals | 2006 | Decision - Supreme Court | Human Rights |
| Human Rights Issues at Boards and Tribunals | 2010 | Decision - Supreme Court | Human Rights |