STOP THE SELL OFF OF TORONTO HOUSING!
Statement from the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty

In a move that falls in line with the plans of Rob Ford, Toronto Community Housing is looking to sell off close to 1000 homes. The money raised in the sale would, we are told, go to meet the $600 million repair bill that years of neglect have created in public housing owned and operated by the City of Toronto. The sell off will involve ‘stand alone’ homes throughout the City.

Tens of thousands of desperate people sit on the 10 years’ long waiting
list for rent geared to income housing in this City and the housing
authority is now looking to sell off a major portion of this precious
resource. Displaced tenants will have to be moved into units presently
standing idle, that will be renovated with the money from the sale. This will mean that few people on the waiting list will get housed while the stock of public housing is reduced massively.

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Thursday, August 25 · 5:30pm - 7:30pm
Allan Gardens
Sherbourne & Carlton

Join us for a free community meal, followed by a lively tour of Rob
Ford's proposed path of destruction in the Downtown East!

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Rob Ford’s cuts would devastate our community. Daycares, community
centres, public housing, libraries, parks, and shelters for the
homeless - this and more is at risk! Join fellow community members and
workers as we gather to march through our neighbourhood, stopping at
public services to celebrate what is ours and send a clear message to
the Mayor and his friends on Bay Street that our community will come
together to Stop the Cuts!!

Join the Downtown East Stop the Cuts Committee: TorontoDTE@gmail.com

STOP THE CUTS!
http://torontostopthecuts.com
http://www.facebook.com/stopthecuts

Come out to hear NYC's Movement for Justice in El Barrio:
'El Barrio is Not for Sale, It is to be Loved & Defended'
with speakers from OCAP and NOII-TO
25 March 2011, 6pm – 8pm (Including a Community Dinner)
St Lukes United Church, 353 Sherbourne Avenue at Carlton St.

Come hear Juan Haro and Maria Mercado from Movimiento por Justicia del Barrio, or Movement for Justice in El Barrio, in East Harlem, NYC, as they share stories of their struggle, build connections, and raise funds. Movement for Justice in El Barrio is an organization composed mainly of immigrant tenants in El Barrio, New York City that fights for human dignity and against community displacement.

They fight for the liberation of every marginalized group, including immigrants, people of color, women, gays, lesbians, transgender communities, and all the poor of the world. Movement for Justice in the Barrio is part of The Other Campaign, initiated by the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.

Movimiento’s members, at over 600 strong, have never taken on a battle they have not won. In addition to taking on and defeating greedy landlords and multi-national corporations, they also target the city institutions and politicians who facilitate gentrification and displacement. Of the many organizing tactics and strategies members utilize to build solidarity with other organizations and advance their struggle, include Zapatista-inspired community consultations (consultas) and gatherings (Encuentros).

To read the full report, click here

The report found:

1) Gaetan Heroux’s work for the PAID program over 10 years was exemplary and reflective of best practices in provision of services to homeless and under housed people.

2) The evidence we heard strongly suggests that moving Heroux out of the Street Health Offices was done in response to his support for the Street Health CUPE unionization drive and not for the reasons given by Neighbourhood Link.

3) Moving administrative and follow-up work to the Neighbourhood Link office in Scarborough has and is very likely to continue to negatively affect the clients of the PAID program in the Dundas-Sherbourne neighbourhood.

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May 12th
Noon
Allan Gardens
(Carleton and Sherbourne)

On Wed. May 12 we will gather in Allan Gardens at 12noon. We will then march on Street Health and remind that Laura Cowan, Mary McCowan, and Eleanor Lester that they are accountable community We will not be ignored. Bring back the services back to Street Health. Re-instate Gaetan at his job in East Downtown Toronto.