ACORN Hamilton

• Hamilton strengthens bylaws to stifle renovictions, steady tenant supports

  Councillors approved a pair of bylaws and added supports to a tenant defence fund to aid renters across Hamilton facing a potential eviction.

  Canada

  Aug 18, 2023
  
• Hamilton-area rallies reflect pressure rising rents, renovictions are having on tenants

  Hamilton councillors are just days away from addressing renoviction bylaws and expansion of a tenant defence fund – aiding groups fighting termination notices.

  Canada

  Aug 3, 2023
  
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• Hamilton may introduce municipal bylaw to stop ‘renovictions’

  Councillors in Hamilton, Ont. are signalling they will push ahead with a bylaw to stop 'renovictions', despite landlord-tenant disputes being under provincial control.

  Politics

  Apr 21, 2023
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• Hamilton tenants at Main Street residence with no running water still awaiting fix

  A landlord has until after March 8 to repair a problem that has left residents at 1083 Main St. E., in Hamilton without running water for close to two months.

  Politics

  Feb 22, 2023
• Tenants rights group says next Hamilton city council needs to do more to stop renovictions

  ACORN Hamilton said the next city council needs to take stronger action to stop landlords from 'renovicting' tenants amid an increasingly expensive rental market.

  Canada

  Oct 6, 2022
• Tenant advocacy group calls on Hamilton council to implement bylaw to stop ‘renovictions’

  A rally in front of Hamilton city hall that called for a bylaw to prevent tenants from 'renovictions' coincided with Friday's city council meeting.

  Aug 21, 2020
• Hundreds in Hamilton facing eviction as Ontario reviews cases held up by COVID-19

  "CERB is going to be ending in the next month or two, and who knows what their incomes will look like at that point."

  Aug 6, 2020
• ‘Communication’ key for Hamiltonians who can’t pay rent during COVID-19 pandemic

  Three experts have advice for those not able to pay rent in April.

  Politics

  Mar 31, 2020
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• Advocacy group seeks better protection for Hamilton tenants

  ACORN's local chair says people should be able to rely on "a decent quality rental, not being pushed out, harassed or intimidated."

  Politics

  Dec 6, 2018
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• Hamilton demonstrators demand more affordable banking for everyone

  Mike Wood, the group's local chair, says it's currently cheaper to take out a payday loan that it is to overdraw your bank account.

  Money

  Nov 30, 2017