Im/migrants and refugees face precarious conditions in the current housing market. Many landlords prey on this group knowing many will not understand the legislation regarding things like deposits, paying in advance. Equally, this group faces barriers to finding appropriate housing due to bias, racism and misinformation
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Eviction Prevention & Navigating the Landlord and Tenant Board for Community Workers
The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation - CERA provides free services to tenants facing eviction and human rights violations in their housing, and we are experts in these fields.Last updated Nov 20, 2024
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Home is where the community is: housing as a human right
Discussion on the current crisis of housing insecurity and homelessness facing our most vulnerable communities.Last updated Nov 5, 2024
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CLEO's Guided Pathway to Fight Eviction Now Has Personalized Checklist
CLEO is pleased to announce we have added a new personalized checklist feature to the Eviction Solution Explorer, our Guided Pathway that helps you fight eviction for unpaid rent.Last updated Dec 19, 2022
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Forced Out: Evictions, Race, and Poverty in Toronto
This study aims to add to the knowledge on evictions in Toronto.Last updated Dec 3, 2020
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Community housing renewal strategy
Learn about Ontario’s strategy to sustain, repair and grow our community housing system.Last updated Apr 17, 2019
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Regina, Ottawa to partner on more 'deeply affordable' rapid housing units
Jessie Anton · CBC News · Posted: Feb 13, 2023
The federal government has announced it's providing the City of Regina $6.6 million from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation to put toward another rapid housing initiative project.
According to Ahmed Hussen, the federal…
Published February 15, 2023
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Ukrainian Kyiv-based pride organization asks Canadians to open homes to LGBTQ refugees
Courtney Dickson · CBC News · Posted: Jan 06, 2023
Simon Fraser University professor Svitlana Matviyenko was in Kyiv on New Year's Eve when Russia fired missiles into the city.
"It was a very strange experience, obviously. And scary in many ways," she told Stephen Quinn, the…
Published January 10, 2023
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A Norfolk County company wanted to hire Ukrainian refugees. First step? Build them a place to live
J.P. Antonacci The Hamilton Spectator Sat., Jan. 7, 2023
Olha Diletchuk first came to Titan Trailers near Courtland in June, one week after she and her two young children landed in Canada as refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine.
“I was ready to do any job just to stay here. I was…
Published January 10, 2023
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Newcomers face ‘alarming’ discrimination in finding housing, says report
Kelly Skjerven The Star Thu., Dec. 1, 2022
Newcomers searching for a home in Toronto’s tight rental market face “alarming” levels of discrimination, according to a new report by the Canadian Centre for Housing Rights
In a phone audit of rental listings that appeared this year…
Published December 2, 2022
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Feds, province announce $92M for 5 housing projects in Ottawa
Joanne Chianello · CBC · Posted: Nov 22, 2022
The federal and provincial housing ministers chose National Housing Day to announce $91.85 million in funding for 272 affordable units in Ottawa.
More than half the funds are earmarked for a federal low-cost loan to local developer…
Published November 23, 2022
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Landlord doubles rent for Syrian refugees using exemption that allows for unlimited increases
Robert Williams The Star Wed., Nov. 16, 2022
KITCHENER — An exemption in the Rent Control Act for newer rental units means a Syrian refugee family’s monthly cost for a Kitchener town home will more than double in February.
Jumping from a current rent of $1,900 per month to $4,000…
Published November 17, 2022
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Ukrainian newcomers face challenges as some landlords demand months of advance rent
Sharif Hassan November 10, 2022 The Canadian Press
Galyna Durysvt spent months looking for a rental apartment in the Greater Toronto Area after fleeing the war in Ukraine.
She’d view prospective rentals and put in applications but kept hitting a wall in her search when some…
Published November 15, 2022
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Homeless advocates call on Toronto to address 'dangerous' shortage of shelter spaces this winter
Muriel Draaisma · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2022
Homeless advocates gathered outside the office of Toronto Mayor John Tory on Tuesday to demand that the city immediately open more emergency shelter spaces for unhoused people ahead of winter.
The Shelter and Housing Justice…
Published November 9, 2022
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Toronto adds 1,000 spaces to shelter system as winter approaches
Shawn Jeffords · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2022
The City of Toronto is expanding its shelter system as winter approaches, stressing that the need for beds continues to grow while the resources to fund them remain strained.
The city will add 1,000 spaces to its system during the…
Published November 9, 2022
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With record Canadian immigration targets, housing fears soar, but anxieties are unfounded, experts say
Yvette Brend · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2022
Finding enough workers to assemble pre-built walls and floors at the Etobicoke plant where Paul Askett manages manufacturing is a grind.
He's hoping that a record wave of new Canadians expected over the next three years will help…
Published November 9, 2022