Appreciate the leadership of Toronto ACORN, Progress Toronto, and TTCriders on creating a comprehensive public approach to internet access. Connection is now needed for almost every part of life—fully support these calls to action👇🏼

ICYMI — Toronto ACORN Weston Co-Chair Marcia Stone speaking on CBC Toronto at a press conference for our joint statement on #InternetforALL with allies Progress Toronto and TTCriders Read the full statement through the link in our bio 🔗

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ICYMI—Tenants at 2255 Weston Rd, the building owned by Firm Capital (where management tries to intimidate tenants by weaponizing police, where a crumbling&flooding garage is used to justify an AGI, where repairs and roaches go unaddressed) are holding a speakout tomorrow at 1PM.

The thing to remember about these costs though is that the alternatives — shelters, jail, hospitals — are *way* more expensive.

Federal crackdown on illegal Airbnb listings urgently needed prn.to/3sTClIZ

Every day, people across Canada reach out to us, looking to use ACORN's organizing methods and model to get organized and fight for change. So, ACORN created this 🌟 amazing brand new digital resource 🌟 called Get Organized. Check it out here: getorganized.acorncanada.org

Profit-driven renovictions are reducing Toronto's already limited supply of affordable housing and impacting many tenants across the city. I joined tenants, housing advocates and legal clinic reps today to support their call for a renovictions by-law using the innovative

Massive shout out to Laura Anonen and Paula Fletcher for pushing this for so many years. Congratulations! This is an important win for tenants all over Toronto ❤️ PS: thank you to HamiltonACORN for showing cities all over the province that it’s possible!

1/2 We took a major step forward today to prevent profit-driven renovictions with City Council adopting a draft renovictions by-law this morning. This by-law, based on Hamilton’s innovative approach, will give us an important new tool to protect tenants and our already limited

Where will we go?" Dharavi residents face a troubling reality: promised homes half the size, potential relocation to dumping grounds, and lost communities. This isn't just about housing—it's about livelihoods within Dharavi's economic ecosystem. #WhereWillWeGo #Adaini #Dharavi

Yesterday London ACORN members braved sleet & snow to demand action against slumlords in London! After a march to City Hall, members shared horror stories of disrepair & called for landlord licensing. Enough is enough—healthy homes now!

NB Chair, Nichola Taylor was interviewed to talk about the housing crisis as a national issue. In places like Saskatoon rents look cheaper—but wages don’t kept up. People are paying 80% or more of their income just to stay housed. A rent freeze is needed. buff.ly/mqNuPnJ

There's a lot going on during this federal election - check out our latest post on the issues and campaigns we're paying attention to these days (shout out to Justice for Workers OCASI @ocasi.bsky.social @acorncanada Right to Food @disability_wp @policyalternatives Bluesky @policyalternatives.ca) incomesecurity.org/federal-electi…

Corporate landlords are hollowing out communities. It’s the playbook: buy, renovate, and displace. That’s manufactured crisis. We can’t regulate our way out of this crisis without confronting the power of private equity. We are not collateral for companies buff.ly/nS8k5r7

The Dharavi “Master Plan” hands 80% to Adani, displacing families into Deonar, Mumbai’s toxic landfill. This is not development. It’s a land grab. We stand with Dharavi. Join the global action on June 18. Prof. Varsha Eknath Gaikwad #StopAdani #DharaviLandGrab

Tomorrow, June 18 people around the world are rising up to stop Adani’s land grab in Dharavi, Mumbai. Half a million people face mass eviction into a toxic landfill. This isn’t development it’s displacement for profit. ✊🏽 Stop Adani. Defend Dharavi. 🔗 Links in bio.

🎉 Today we celebrate 55 years of ACORN Five decades of organizing, fighting, and winning with low and moderate income communities around the world Now, we’re calling on that global power to Stop Adani and defend Dharavi from mass displacement. ✍️ Sign the petition - link in bio

From Delhi to New Orleans, Paris to Nova Scotia People in 25 cities across 6 countries join the #BeatTheHeat global day of action on July 23. Workers demand cooling breaks and heat safety. Tenants demand AC, housing upgrades, and cooling rights. Join in. Link in bio.

THIS WEEK Mayor Olivia Chow 🇨🇦 visited with tenants at 500 Dawes Rd to see their living conditions and the neglect of Landlord, Carolyn Goodman WE THANK the Mayor for her commitment to advancing remedial action by the City as other enforcement tools have not produced results #TOpoli