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Major Legal Victory at the Court of Appeal for Ontario Renters Facing Own-Use Evictions

Toronto, ON – November 30th, 2023 – The Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario has secured…

Legal clinics across Ontario decry recent municipal approaches to homeless encampments evictions, saying they are cruel and unconstitutional

For Immediate Release Toronto, ON – August 16th, 2023 – In an open letter to…

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To All Municipal Councils in Ontario

Community Legal Clinics provide poverty law services for vulnerable and marginalized people throughout Ontario. One…

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July 31st, 2023 – In support of renters and the York South-Weston Tenant Union

Over the past decade, more renters are forming unions and associations to take collective action…

Statement on Stoney Creek tragedy

May 30th, 2023 We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of life this past…

Newly released Ombudsman report calls Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board ‘moribund’ and found the Tribunal to be ‘unreasonable’ under provincial law. Yet, in some ways, the investigation still missed the mark on justice.

For years, tenants and their advocates have been asking the province to fix Ontario’s busiest…

Statement on Helping Homebuyers, Protecting Tenants Act – Revised on April 12th, 2023

Provincial action on the affordable rental housing crisis in Ontario is desperately needed. We appreciate…

Recommendations for Municipalities Focus: Extreme Heat and Rental Housing

September 21, 2022 This report recommends and provides draft language for a maximum heat municipal…

Press Release – Peel Municipal Election Forum

For Immediate Release Peel advocates set to host free Municipal Election Forum on October 3rd,…

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Press Release – Human Rights Tribunal Ontario June 27

For Immediate Release Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario Asserts that the Landlord and Tenant Board’s…