Starlight Investments’ longest standing partner and owner of around half of their Toronto buildings is public sector pension and federal crown corporation PSP Investments

“Direct action is an effective means of protecting affordable rents”

About 100 Thorncliffe Park households have reached an agreement with landlord Starlight Investments, seemingly ending a lengthy public battle that saw the group of working-class tenants withhold rent from Canada’s largest private landlord for two years. thestar.com/real-estate/ar…

Thorncliffe Park rent strikers have come to an agreement with landlord Starlight, resolving the dispute. Other tenants should be encouraged by the example Thorncliffe tenants set and replicate these kinds of actions at their buildings and neighbourhoods thestar.com/real-estate/ar…

'Philip Zigman says the fact that tenants got an acceptable agreement “speaks to the power of working class organizing"...residents have set an example that could encourage other Toronto tenants to organize and start their own rent strikes' torontotoday.ca/ontario-news/t…

Golden Equity public relations:

Tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe prove what matters: working-class power wins where state and non-profit “fixes” fail. In a neighbourhood targeted by developers and politicians, they set the standard. Tenants take note: no landlord is too big to fail. Congrats Thorncliffe Park Tenants

During the LTB hearing today for the renoviction at 2866 Keele, the tenants’ lawyer argued the case should be dismissed because the landlord didn’t have any permits. But an intervention by City of Toronto staff stopped the landlord’s eviction application from being dismissed.

Doug Ford’s war on tenants: Ontario’s new housing bill is a gift to corporate landlords — and a warning shot at the rent strikers and organizers who dared to fight back. New from Cole Webber: ricochet.media/justice/housin… #HousingIsAHumanRight #onpoli

I wrote about how the proposed changes to Ontario's eviction rules are a state response to rent strikes in Toronto that undermine tenant organizing ricochet.media/justice/housin…

“Going forward, effective rent strikes will have to involve even greater numbers of tenants taking escalating actions that disrupt landlords ability to conduct business as usual.”

Doug Fords bill 60 designed to undermine tenant organizing after successful rent strikes

Believe it or not, the Herongate human rights case is still kicking. But we need donations to keep it going! Please donate what you can through our website and spread the word. herongatetenants.ca/donate/

On Thursday, around thirty tenants at 55 Triller delivered a letter to Metcap demanding the landlord withdraw its application to raise rent above the guideline at the building 🧵

Some of you may remember that back in 2021, Starlight responded to a similar demand letter delivery at this same office by issuing eviction notices against tenants alleging illegal acts blogto.com/real-estate-to…

The struggle against Starlight targeting 55 Triller organizers culminated in hundreds of Parkdale tenants marching through the neighbourhood and Starlight firing its property management company and replacing it with Metcap

The continuity of organizing at the building has changed the dynamic between the landlord and tenants in favour of tenants

"On Thursday, dozens of renters at 55 Triller Ave. poured into their property manager’s office to deliver a list of demands signed by over 100 residents. The letter called on the company to withdraw the AGI application"

Toronto Housing issues eviction notices to hundreds of Parkdale tenants. There is a troubling silence surrounding Toronto Community Housing Corporation’s (TCHC) “relocation” of hundreds of Parkdale tenants from the 144-unit building at 300 Dufferin parkdaleorganize.ca/2025/12/12/tor…

Last week we posted our article about the situation at 300 Dufferin. Today, we hope you will take the time to read about it in one tenant's own words parkdaleorganize.ca/2025/12/16/par…