Chiara Padovani
@chipadovani
Social worker, Weston resident, founder of @YSWtenants & former city councillor candidate for York South-Weston. Working for a better & fairer Toronto. #TOpoli
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20-02-2017 02:38:19
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TONIGHT @ 6:30: EMERGENCY RALLY in support of Alex & his family who Dream Unlimited just evicted by sledgehammering his door after doubling his “affordable rent”
Corporate greed on public land under City of Toronto’s “affordable housing plan”
Come out tonight to support Alex!
March Against Rent Hikes down Lawrence Ave W!
#RentStrike against Barney River and Dream Unlimited for #rentcontrol at #1440Lawrence , #1442Lawrence #33King & #22John
In the past decade, average rents in Ontario have increased by THREE TIMES the official provincial rent increase guideline! Check out our new primer on #rentcontrol from Ricardo Tranjan and Polly Vargatoth: monitormag.ca/reports/rent-c…
“It’s a dire situation out there for tenants” Chiara Padovani from YSW Tenant Union 'The power imbalance is massive. It’s scary to try to get action on your own but doing it with our neighbours is very empowering. More people are willing to take collective action”
thestar.com/real-estate/re…
According to the @policyalternatives report “Over the last decade, Ontario’s rent control guideline has allowed landlords to increase rents by 16.5%, but average rents have actually increased by 54.5%” -Ricardo Tranjan
Check out the full report here:
monitormag.ca/reports/rent-c…
“You could drive a very large truck through the loopholes in our rent control system,” says Ricardo Tranjan about new report from @policyalternatives
We agree.
Diana Zlomislic reports for Toronto Star
thestar.com/real-estate/re…
.Matthew Bingley of Global News Toronto covers the launch of our complaint to Toronto's Auditor General about the derailment of the Scarborough RT and concerns about #TTC maintenance.
Councillors Josh Matlow and Chris Moise say they support more transparency.
globalnews.ca/video/10401216…
Some renters across the GTA are nearing the one-year mark on their rent strikes. At issue are above guideline increases. We talk talked to tenants about why they continue to fight. YSW Tenant Union
youtu.be/o-MpcOwmylo?si…
🚨URGENT🚨
This is Alex. Any day now Dream will call the sheriff to evict him & his family after doubling his “affordable” rent to $3000.
This is what City of Toronto “affordable” housing program gets us with Dream.
Call 416-365-5145 & tell Dream to let Alex & his family stay!