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May 28, 2020 11:00 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

The Only Tenant Protection in Ontario’s Bill 184 is in the Title

TORONTO, May 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In the middle of a pandemic crisis, the Ontario government made a sudden decision to revive their makeover of landlord-tenant law, Bill 184 “Protecting...
July 08, 2019 08:00 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Community Legal Clinics Appealing to Attorney General Doug Downey to immediately restore funding

TORONTO, July 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Provincial Government’s cuts to legal aid funding have resulted in layoffs of frontline staff who provide crucial legal support to the most marginalized...
May 22, 2018 07:00 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Nearly half of Ontario renters can’t afford their rent

TORONTO, May 22, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new report released by the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) highlights the growing lack of affordable rental housing choices for low- and...
February 13, 2018 07:00 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Tenants in Ontario unfairly shouldering landlords’ maintenance costs

TORONTO, Feb. 13, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rents are soaring in Ontario’s major cities. Above Guideline Rent Increase (AGIs) are pushing lower-income tenants out of their communities. The supply of...
November 24, 2017 10:54 ET | Source: Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario

Canada responds to years of pressure from community advocates by recognizing housing as a human right

TORONTO, Nov. 24, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For over seven years, the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) and the Right to Housing Coalition - alongside housing advocates from across the...