Toronto Renters Forum
General => Announcements => Topic started by: Head Administrator on November 11, 2022, 11:29:00 pm
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Scrap Bill 23 Emergency Phone Zap!
Saturday Nov 12 @ 2 pm
We won't let Ford dismantle tenant rights and destroy affordable housing.
Organized by the Oakwood Vaughan Tenant Association (OVTN), The Oakwood Vaughan Community Association, and the Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations (FMTA)
Doug Ford’s new housing bill, named the “More Homes Built Faster Act 2022 (Bill 23),” is a massive attack on affordable housing in Toronto. It could destroy existing affordable housing units, erode tenants’ rights, and cause mass evictions. The Ford government is trying to pass this bill as quickly as possible, and we must act quickly to stop it.
If passed, the bill will give the province the ability to bulldoze City of Toronto rental replacement bylaws. Tenants could no longer have the right to return to a unit at a similar rent after a demolition. And tenants may lose their right to a compensation package when our rental units are demolished for development. It will drastically restrict the ability of cities to build affordable housing units through Inclusionary zoning.
And it’s not just tenant rights that are under attack. It also seeks to gut municipal green standards. It would remove important protections for wetlands and woodlands and facilitate development in environmentally sensitive areas. If Ford guts Toronto’s green building standards, the city won’t achieve its climate targets.
Join with us this Saturday for an emergency Phone Zap, where we’ll call the Premier Doug Ford and Steve Clark, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, and demand that Bill 23 be scrapped. We will not let Doug Ford dismantle our housing rights and accelerate climate change to put more money in the pockets of developers.
Join us! (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcuivqDMpHtET7XHESzXpH1BHURB5VJsY)
When: Saturday, November 12, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Register for Zoom link here. (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlcuivqDMpHtET7XHESzXpH1BHURB5VJsY)
Questions? Contact oakwoodvaughantenants@gmail.com
FMTA
http://www.torontotenants.org/ (http://www.torontotenants.org/)