Where will we live?

Renters living in Ontario, especially in Toronto, desperately need more affordable rental housing options. In…

Skyline of Toronto

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…

Rental housing

Where you live should not harm your health

For people of comfortable means, home typically means well-being and security. Statistics confirm that wealthier…

Steps to take if you're locked out

On Responding to Airbnb

In 2016, UNITE HERE’s Local 75 filled Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church with more than 600…

Tent of a person experiencing homelessness

Why A National Housing Strategy?

For many Canadians, the increasing number of people living on the streets, in shelters, or…

Ready and Waiting: it’s time for a rights-based housing strategy in Canada

It could be the moment we’ve been waiting for. This week – and in the…

Bill 184 in Ontario threatens the housing stability of tenants

Imagine Losing Your Home

Imagine that the Sheriff is coming to your home to forcibly remove you and your…

Rent Strike vs. Gentrification

Renters in cities around the world are under pressure from the market. There is big…

Make Room for Everyone: How Mississauga is Failing Lower Income Households

Mississauga has an affordable housing crisis, where for many people in the city the option…