Toronto Community Housing

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.

TCHC caves on tenant’s 30% rent increase!

Today, one day after OCAP’s public call-out to help Edmundo DeSousa make his rent after TCHC increased it by 30%, the City’s Largest Slumlord has caved: TCHC has apologized to Edmundo, and set his rent back to the original amount!

So, there’s no longer need for Friday’s protest/rent party at TCHC head office on this case. However, those who miss this notice and still show up on Friday will find some Victory Muffins.

While this is yet another victory for TCHC tenants fighting back, it’s still not known how many other poor tenants around the city could be facing such egregious rent increases as TCHC exploits a legal loophole to avoid even the lowest private market standards of social responsibility.

Stop the TCHC from raising Edmundo DeSousa's rent by 30%!

TCH Head Office
This Friday, October 9th
11.30 AM to 1.30 PM
931 Yonge Street (just south of Rosedale subway station)

TCH office: (416) 981-5500 or info@torontohousing.ca
Paula Fletcher: (416) 392-4060 or councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca

On May 23 we gathered outside 13 Trefann Street to tell the City and the Province not to sell this house or any other public housing unit. There is a desperate need for affordable housing in this city and it is
unconscionable to sell it off under these circumstances.

See more photos in our Photo Archive and on Story In Pictures. For phtos, video and a write up, click here.

Decent, Affordable, Accessible Housing For All

1. Ensure that enough social, supportive and accessible housing is built to eliminate the waiting list

4. Don't ask don't tell