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Toronto Tenant Union retweeted
75 SPENCER RENT STRIKE VICTORY: RENT INCREASE CANCELLED
Our neighbours at 75 Spencer are celebrating a rent strike victory. Metcap has conceded to tenants’ demand and withdrawn the above guideline rent increase (AGI)
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Last year, Ford passed Bill 60 despite tenant resistance. Bill 60 came into effect on Monday.
This is how Ford & his landlord buddies made the LTB WORSE for tenants
Landlords love eviction b/c it helps them get around rent control. Bill 60 turns the LTB into an EVICTION MACHINE
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🎉Time to celebrate! 🎉
Here are our four biggest wins in as many months 👇
And we’re just getting started!
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And governments continue to throw money, land and the narrative to this industry.
We can't get out of the situation we are in by bailing out the people who created the problem in the first place.
"If we stop building now we can start jacking up the rents again, and the good news is nobody will stop us!"
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To no one's surprise, rents for working class tenants are not going down with the increase in supply. There is no "filtering".
@CMHC_ca will continue to parrot the supply arguments, while working class tenants will continue to face displacement from our homes
Two studies point to higher vacancy rates in newer, luxury buildings, with one pointing to ‘limited downward filtering of new supply.’ thestar.com/real-estate/why-…
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To every government that is giving handouts to developers as their "housing policy", without talking about rent control, vacancy control and public housing, this story should be a warning sign. The corporations that created this situation will not get us out of it.
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And to every tenant facing higher rents and the threat of displacement, time to get organized
tenantunion.ca/membership
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Toronto Tenant Union retweeted
Bruno Dobrusin from the @tenantsunionto shares an insightful reading list on how to assert our rights “as we fight landlords, developers, and the political system that props them up.”
Save our post the next time you need a book rec! briarpatchmagazine.com/how-t…
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Tenants at the Lakeshore Promenade scored a huge victory—stopping a demoviction in its tracks.
Working w/ @nodemovictions & community partners, they organized to beat their landlord
While demovictions are on the rise, this shows the power of organizing to defend affordable units!
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Nearly 1 in 2 Torontonians is a tenant, but you wouldn't know that from looking at City Council. No wonder, then, that our needs are often an afterthought.
Landlords have money, but we have the numbers. Tenants must unite to get change.
It's time to join your union.
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Great reporting by @thenarwhalca on how heatwaves and the climate crisis are affecting working class tenants in Toronto
El Niño is putting pressure on neighbourhoods that lack green space and residents that lack air conditioning, creating unequal access to places to stay cool thenarwhal.ca/ontario-toront…
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This isn't surprising: without vacancy control - where rent control doesn't reset with a new tenant - landlords are incentivized to evict tenants to make more money.
Better transit access does not need to mean eviction & gentrification. Only tenant power can stop this.
A study of five communities near new UP, Finch West or Eglinton LRT stops found four saw higher eviction rates between 2010 and 2023 than the citywide figure. thestar.com/news/gta/evictio…
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Here is an example of the Carney bailout to developers.
Federal funding going to a developer that is carrying out a demoviction of truly affordable rents in the downtown core
Toronto tenants say federal cash is going to developer who plans to demolish their homes trib.al/MOhaLkC
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‘This is a crisis:’ Why Carney’s Toronto rental housing funding is facing pushback ctvnews.ca/canada/article/th…
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Why not all rent-controlled? Any public money or land needs to be conditional on rent control
We already have 1000s of empty units that people cannot rent because they are not rent controlled
We can't expect the developers who led us to this housing crisis to get us out of it
We’re building housing at scale and speed.
Through Build Canada Homes, we’re partnering with the City of Toronto and investing billions to bring more than 5,600 new rental homes to Toronto, with more than 1,800 of those being deeply affordable, supportive, or rent controlled housing.
This is how you restore housing affordability. This is how you Build Canada Strong.
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Toronto Tenant Union retweeted
Was a pleasure to speak at the @CycleToronto Rally with @TenantsUnionTO and @TheBikingLawyer! We’re stronger when we work together. Let’s keep building solidarity between our groups to fight the bigger threats and win!
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🏢 Tenants at 24 Mabelle Ave. in Etobicoke are fighting their landlord Wilstar. After fighting a 9% AGI, tenants were shocked when the landlord refused to accept payment by cheque.
📢 Tenants are demanding the landlord reverses their illegal policy, and drops the LTB cases
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Toronto Tenant Union retweeted
Tenants from all over are building community, gathering resources & acquiring the knowledge they need to fight back against the commodification of housing.
We at @BPofDisruption have interviewed some amazing examples for this playlist 👇
and another one is about to be added ➕
We're getting ready to drop another great story into our Tenant Power Playlist!
A collection of stories from the front lines of tenant organizing.
Learn how folks are building power right where they live, and winning.
HERE: bpofdisruption.substack.com/…
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Toronto Tenant Union retweeted
We're getting ready to drop another great story into our Tenant Power Playlist!
A collection of stories from the front lines of tenant organizing.
Learn how folks are building power right where they live, and winning.
HERE: bpofdisruption.substack.com/…
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