The View from the North

ACORN International Canada

            Dallas             Looking over at the television in between hockey playoff scores in Calgary before flying home in the predawn, a soundless commercial of some kind was playing.  It was hard to figure out without sound, but it became clearer.  The video was of three very clean-cut young people doing clean cut regular things.  …

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Searching for a Tenant Union Model

ACORN International Canada Organizing Tenants Unions

            Montreal          The global affordable housing crisis largely continues unchecked, with more people looking and fewer finding, as prices rise and access decreases.  Developers rush to build high-end luxury properties and demand extensive incentives and subsidies for affordable complexes. dampening supply.  With real estate interests often virtually owning politicians, tenants struggle to get protections.  Organizing …

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Pigeons, AGIs, Rent Caps, and More

Canada

            Montreal          Listening to the reports from all of the offices around Canada where ACORN Canada is organizing is always a treat in their Year End / Year Begin meeting.  Every year it seems there are more unusual issues, as well as dramatic progress on longtime campaigns, as the organization and its successes spread around …

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