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We are united tenants in York South-Weston fighting for our right to home. #33King #22John #14401442Lawrence #RentStrike . We're stronger together!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

24 days

⚡️PHONE ZAP TODAY⚡️ @FrancesNunziata played a key role in the development of 22 John St, where Dream Unlimited & private security under contract to the City of Toronto just forcefully evicted evicted Alex & his family by tearing down their door with a sledgehammer…🧵

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

VICTORY✊❤️After 74 hours of continuous protest at Barney Rivers 1440 Lawrence W property management office the demands to let Carmen access her unit and get her keys have been met. Carmen's case goes to the LTB this week and the fight continues. STRONGER TOGETHER✊❤️‍🔥

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

BREAKING NEWS: 33 King St tenants begin a rent strike tomorrow, June 1st, against their landlord Dream

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

BREAKING: More than a hundred tenants at 1440-1442 Lawrence Ave W will begin Rent Strike tomorrow, joining largest Rent Strike in Toronto’s history. Join us at Keele & Lawrence Ave W Sunday at 2pm to show solidarity! #rentstrike #33king #22john #1440Lawrence

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

Yesterday 100+ tenants at 1440/1442 Lawrence Avenue West began withholding their rent, joining hundreds of striking tenants at 33 King St and 22 John St, making it the largest rent strike in Toronto's history...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

33 King Street RENT STRIKE started today! Hundreds of tenants are withholding rent from their landlord Dream, who has been increasing rents 3 times higher than rent control. Even during the pandemic rent freeze in 2021, Dream increased rents by 3% in the building

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

Last night @MayorOliviaChow met with a packed room of tenants on rent strike at 33 King St and 22 John St, after Dream Unlimited refused her invitation to come to the table, opting instead to pursue hundreds of evictions.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Despite Barney River’s ruthless lies to kick our neighbour out of her home, & thanks to the solidarity of her neighbours & community, Carm’s door is back up & she is sleeping in her own bed tonight! BUT the sit-in at the office continues until they return her keys, as promised.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

2 months

Good news from 1440-1442 Lawrence! Last year Barney River didn’t tell any tenant union members about an AGI hearing, and the LTB refused to hear from us about it. Today we took them to divisional court and WON! Our fight continues on the streets, in our homes & in the courts!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Police is here. Dozens of tenants occupying the office.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

We’re getting a lot of people reaching out asking about how to organize a tenant union in their building & community. We’ve got your back. Register for our training series on Building Tenant Power for a step by step guide on tenant organizing! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼

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Training: Building Tenant Power

www.tenantunion.ca

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

To mark the beginning of the THIRD MONTH of the rent strike at 33 King & 22 John, tenants returned hundreds of eviction notices to their landlord Dream Unlimited today and issued Dream Unlimited a notice of their own: the rent strike continues… 🧵

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

29 days

March Against Rent Hikes down Lawrence Ave W! #RentStrike against Barney River and Dream Unlimited for #rentcontrol at #1440Lawrence , #1442Lawrence #33King & #22John

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Clear as day: Barney River promises NOT to evict our neighbour, backed by @TorontoPolice if she pays. When she went down to pay she was told she was homeless. 📣Tell the LTB they need to stay this illegal eviction 📣 Email: ian.speers @ontario .ca & LTB @ontario .ca LTB-L-021805

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

"But supply & demand..." "basic economics..." "econ 101, everyone, if we build more, rents are going to go down..." Has 11% vacancy rate reduced commercial rents? No, which is why supply advocates will never solve the housing crisis.

@TorontoStar

Toronto Star

8 months

A steadily high vacancy rate isn’t leading to lower listing prices for office space in Toronto, according to a snapshot of office and industrial space across Canada from Colliers International.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

We are still here occupying the office of Barney River until our neighbour is allowed back into her unit. Join us at 1440 Lawrence Avenue West

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

We continue the occupation of the office at 1440 Lawrence Avenue West. The owner of the building Aziz Manji gave his word to the tenant over the phone. Now they are calling the police. This is the brutal reality that tenants have to live through in Toronto today.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

11 months

Breaking! 22 John St. tenants join their neighbours at 33 King St in rent strike against corporate landlord Dream 33 King tenants have been on strike since June 1st against rent increases 3 times higher than the guideline

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

. @TPSOperations have left and we are continuing our sit-in all through the night until Barney River fulfills their promise to give our neighbour back her home. Join us Friday at 8am (and onward) at 1440 Lawrence Ave W to rally outside in solidarity.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

Today hundreds of tenants, members of community organizations and labour unions marched down Weston Road in #YSW with us to demand fair rent for all and stand in solidarity with striking tenants at 33 King and 22 John…🧵

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

EMERGENCY ACTION! Carmen is back in her home, but we have since heard of TWO more tenants who were evicted in similar situations. Call AZIZ MANJI - 416 569 3217 Tell him to let them back in their homes, accept their payments, and reinstate their tenancies, just like Carmen!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

1. Today with @Peoples_Defence we stand in solidarity with our neighbour and his 2 kids (1 and 6 yrs old) at 33 Gabian Way who were being kicked out of their homes by nonprofit landlord Vila Gaspar Corte despite being able to fully pay back their rent arrears.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

4 months

Hundreds of tenants on rent strike at 33 King and 22 John st met last night to pledge the continuation of the rent strike. Dream may be hoping that this rent strike will go away at the LTB, but tenants are committed to continue the fight #StrongerTogether

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

We are still here, not going anywhere until our neighbour gets access to her unit

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Despite heavy police presence,no one is moving. Barney Rivers hiding behind the police.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Tenants are in the office continuing the sit-in,police is outside deciding whether they move in against working class families in a peaceful protest

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

RENT STRIKE UPDATE! York South-Weston tenants and allies from @CJusticeTO spent the evening canvassing 8 other buildings owned by Dream Unlimited in Toronto, to build solidarity with the rent strike at 33 King St and 22 John St!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

4 months

Despite continuous lies and intimidation by landlord Barney River, tenants at 1440 and 1442 Lawrence Ave West came out yesterday in the freezing cold to meet and discuss the next steps in solidarity with one another. Tenants know that we are stronger together!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

Beginning TODAY hundreds of tenants at 33 King are on RENT STRIKE. Corporate landlord Dream has been increasing rents more than three times rent control. Today tenants are standing together and saying #ENOUGHISENOUGH !

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These Toronto tenants are sick of above-guideline rent increases. Now, they're taking action | CBC...

The residents of 33 King St., near Weston Road, are withholding rent from their corporate landlord Dream Unlimited, demanding the company commit to no more above-guideline rent increases.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Sit-in continues! Join at 8am, we'll be rallying at 1440 Lawrence Avenue West until our neighbour is allowed back into her unit

@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

. @TPSOperations have left and we are continuing our sit-in all through the night until Barney River fulfills their promise to give our neighbour back her home. Join us Friday at 8am (and onward) at 1440 Lawrence Ave W to rally outside in solidarity.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Carmen is back at home but we know that she is not the only one facing unjust actions by predatory landlord Barney Rivers. This weekend shows that we're not alone, we’re stronger together ✊🔥and when we fight together we WIN together🙌 The Rent Strike at📍1440+1442 continues!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 months

📢 Tenants on rent strike at 1440 and 1442 Lawrence Ave West have their first hearing at the LTB next week. Today, the collective of tenants has filed applications at the LTB against Barney River for violation of tenant rights and for the conditions people live in the building

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

⚡️Update⚡️ Dream’s attempt to evict our neighbour and her children was unsuccessful yesterday! Hearing was adjourned and Landlord Tenant Board will decide if all Rent Strike cases will be joined. Special thank you to @cjc_TO for their legal defence! 🧵…

@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

🚨TODAY AT 1PM🚨 Dream will try to evict our neighbour & her kids at 22 John for joining the Rent Strike against massive rent hikes This is the 1st of 100s of eviction attempts #22John Observe the hearing in solidarity TODAY @ 1pm: LTB-L-046955-23

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Tonight, supporters of the 1440 Lawrence Ave West occupation took the fight to buildings owned by Barney River across the city including the Westin Harbour, to demand they let our neighbour back into her unit Occupation continues!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

If @anabailaoTO really cared about affordable housing, she would get Dream to negotiate with tenants on rent strike rather than increasing rents 17% & filing to evict 100s of families. When will @UofTCities stand with tenants instead of their landlords?

@UofTCities

School of Cities

8 months

Thrilled to welcome @anabailaoTO as a new Canadian Urban Leader! A former Deputy Mayor & the head of affordable housing at @DreamUltd , Ana brings a solutions-focused approach to the housing crisis & will help activate a housing research community at @UofT :

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

We have filed a motion with the LTB requesting an interim order for tenant to get her unit back. @TPSOperations are threatening arrests and won't wait for resolution by LTB.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

100+ tenants will go on rent strike today joining the ranks of nearly 500 residents who have been withholding payments since early summer. Join us at 1440 Lawrence Ave W Today @2pm in solidarity with what is shaping up to be Toronto’s largest rent strike.

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Nearly 500 tenants from 5 apartment buildings in Toronto are now on rent strike

Tenants at two more Toronto apartment buildings have joined hundreds of others in withholding rent payments as part of an action that advocates say is shaping up to be the largest rent strike in the...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Occupation is growing! No evictions!

@CJusticeTO

Climate Justice Toronto

5 months

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 month

🚨URGENT🚨 This is Alex. Any day now Dream will call the sheriff to evict him & his family after doubling his “affordable” rent to $3000. This is what @cityoftoronto “affordable” housing program gets us with Dream. Call 416-365-5145 & tell Dream to let Alex & his family stay!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

11 months

33 KING RENT STRIKE update: Support for the strike is growing. Canvasses are happening, strike bulletins keep everyone connected and informed!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 months

Today, tenants on rent strike at 1440 and 1442 Lawrence Ave West are protesting their landlord Barney River's persistent harassment against organized tenants

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

4 months

Housing Minister @SeanFraserMP speaking at the Empire Club today, sponsored by top developers and landlords. Top sponsor? Dream Unlimited. Same company that has filed to evict hundreds of tenants on rent strike at 33 King st and 22 John st

@Empire_Club

The Empire Club

5 months

Join us Jan 17 | To solve Canada’s national housing crisis we need an all hands on deck approach. Federal Housing Minister, Sean Fraser will speak to how we can develop policies, direct investments, & implement solutions to solve Canada’s housing crisis.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

SEVENTEEN climate groups are standing in solidarity with the rent strike at 33 King & 22 John. Today they delivered an open letter to corporate landlord Dream Unlimited calling them out for “greenwashing” corporate greed and excessive rent increases… #topoli #cndpoli #onpoli

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 months

Thank you for the amazing support @michael_deforge ! As hundreds of tenants at 33 King and 22 John enter the nine and eight months on rent strikes, these posters are going up all over the city ✊️✊️

@michael_deforge

Michael DeForge

@michael_deforge

3 months

Drew this poster supporting @YSWtenants and the rent strikes happening in Dream (real estate investment firm) buildings

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Action Alert! Barney Rivers is trying to evict a senior at 1442 Lawrence Avenue for a notice they never received! For 500 dollars that she can pay now @CP24 @MayorOliviaChow

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

11 months

Our YSW tenant delegation at Queens Park is saying #EnoughIsEnoughON ! We need REAL RENT CONTROL NOW! Rents don’t just magically “go up” on their own. Landlords hike rents up because they can and Doug Ford is letting them. Enough is Enough!

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YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Police blocking entrance to the office while a group remains inside. Landlord and management were escorted out by the police and have left the building. We are not leaving until our neighbour gets back to her unit

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

2 months

#22John & #33King have been on rent strike for 10 months against excessive rent increases by Dream Unlimited. We’re fighting for our homes every day. Join us in the fight for #rentcontrol & show your solidarity:

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

At 1442 Lawrence, the full machine of evictions for a tenant that has not seen an order. In a building where they have not had mail delivered for 3

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

. @anabailaoTO talks a big game about protecting tenants but we know better: ❌she worked for Dream, the owner of 33 King St where tenants are on rent strike due to excessive rent increases ❌she runs her campaign out of an office given to her by Dream Whose side is she really on?

@anabailaoTO

Ana Bailão

1 year

As a city, we need to do better to make sure that we invest in protections for renters so everyone in this city can have a home. With my Housing Plan, I'll put people first and protect renters. More details: #TOPoli #OurFutureOurVoteTO

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

11 months

Amazing show of solidarity with tenants on rent strike across the city by @CUPEOntario Thank you for your support!! Many of the tenants on strike are CUPE members and we know that we share a common struggle with workers all over the province

CUPE Ontario supports striking tenants’ unions in show of solidarity

In an important act of solidarity, delegates to CUPE Ontario’s annual convention voted unanimously to support Toronto residents struggling with skyrocketing rents: they passed a resolution directing...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

2 months

🚨BREAKING NEWS📢 @KatEschner from @tvo reports on how the 22 John Rent Strike case has the potential to cap rent increases on non-rent controlled buildings! 💪🏽 👀👀

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‘It’s either win the lottery or leave Toronto’: How these tenants are taking on Ontario’s rent-co...

At 22 John Street, rent is going up by as much as 10 per cent each year. That’s allowed under current law — but tenants there are hoping a tribunal case will bring change.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

🚨🧵Tenants on rent strike at #22John & #33King are opposing @WaterfrontTO ’s plans to sell public land in Quayside to corporate landlord & developer Dream Unlimited amidst a five-month rent-strike & attempts to evict 100s of families. Add your voice ⬇️

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Quayside: No More Public Land for Private Profit!

Sign the petition to Waterfront Toronto - Quayside: No More Public Land for Private Profit!

www.tenantunion.ca

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

No. But it will help Dream Unlimited, one of the biggest developers benefiting from this policy They increased rent 17% at #22John on #rentstrike for 4 months They refused mediation, even at the mayor’s request This is who the feds/province are helping

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Will Justin Trudeau’s plan to end GST on new rental buildings help tenants?

As the Ontario government moves to withdraw its portion of the HST, tenant advocates say the tax changes are a ‘giveaway’ that won’t encourage more rental construction

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

25 days

Michael Cooper's Dream Unlimited ordered security to take down our neighbour Alex's door with a sledgehammer after doubling his "affordable" rent to $3K So we took our protest outside his door

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

Today as the rent strike enters the fourth month, a delegation of tenants from 33 King St & 22 John St picketed outside Dream Unlimited's Investor Session, where investors were told that this "housing crisis is very good opportunity" to make money.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

. @MayorOliviaChow : Do wine & cheese receptions with predatory landlords-developers like Dream Unlimited while their tenants are on Rent Strike for increases as high as 18% on public land set the right tone to mark National Housing Day?

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Is National Housing Day being co-opted by developers?

Nov. 22 is National Housing Day, but rather than staying true to its original focus of ensuring homes for all, it is becoming co-opted by developers.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

“SHOW YOUR FACE!” Neighbours on Rent Strike at 33 King, 22 John, 1440 & 1442 Lawrence rallied outside Dream Unlimited & Barney River Investments who have refused to negotiate. Instead they’re filing to evict hundreds from their homes while cowardly hiding behind LTB proceedings

@OFLabour

OFL

6 months

Workers outside of predatory landlord Dream Limited Corporation’s office demanding management to show their face to tenants and workers! #EnoughIsEnough #WorkersUnited #OFL2023

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 month

Dream is evicting Alex and his family after more than doubling his “affordable rent” to $3000 Corporate greed on public land is unacceptable & we’re fighting back We need YOU to call Dream CEO Michael Cooper (416-365-5145 & 416-365-3535) & say: Let Alex & his family stay!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

25 days

URGENT 🚨 Neighbours are coming out to support Alex while Dream is trying to break down his door to evict him after more than DOUBLING his so called “affordable rent” Come join us outside of 22 John to show your support and demand that Dream & @cityoftoronto let Alex stay!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

Why are more and more tenants rent striking? “Because they’ve had enough.” 4 high rise buildings are now on Rent Strike in #YSW and more buildings are preparing to join the fight. Wanna learn to organize with your neighbours? Sign up here:

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

Co-chair of @YSWtenants , @chipadovani breaks down why this rent strike will be a defining moment for the tenant movement in this city. “100s of my neighbours are refusing to accept that this is how things should be. They’re standing for all of us & I stand with them.”

@chipadovani

Chiara Padovani

10 months

Proud to roll with @YSWtenants at 33 King & 22 John on rent strike in our march fair rent for all. This rent strike is about everyday, hardworking people standing up to corporate greed. A defining moment for the tenant movement. I know exactly whose side I’m on & here’s why…

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

‼️Action Alert‼️ Occupation at 1440 Lawrence Avenue West continues until Barney River gives her access back to the unit. What can you do to help? 1) Get in touch if you can help us flyers Dowtown or Scarborough tonight 6475486770 Or 2) head to 1440 Lawrence Ave W for 6.30pm

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

The LTB has granted our request to shorten time to a hearing for Carm. This means that the application we submitted for Barney River violating her tenant rights should be scheduled soon. Will Barney River & Aziz Manji give her the keys they promised? We’re still waiting.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

For immediate release: 𝙒𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙣'𝙩 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙄𝙛 𝙒𝙚'𝙧𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙊𝙪𝙩 Tenants & tenant groups from across Toronto will gather in solidarity today at 2:00pm in #YSW – a COVID & eviction hotspot – to demand @fordnation reinstate an eviction ban. More ⬇️

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

Tenants on Rent Strike at 33 King & 22 John attended a public consultation on Dream Unlimited’s development proposal on public land in Quayside. Here was our message to @WaterfrontTO & @cityoftoronto … 🧵

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

8 months

We joined the March for the Land in solidarity with @FreeGrassy and Indigenous land defenders. No mining on Anishinaabe Territory! #FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows #LandAlliance

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Police are on the way. The Tenant is asserting her right, and following what she was promised by the landlord. Barney River committed to letting her in if she paid. Then they lied and changed their mind and locked her out.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 month

“You could drive a very large truck through the loopholes in our rent control system,” says @ricardo_tranjan about new report from @ccpa We agree. @dzlo reports for @TorontoStar

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Rent control ‘loopholes’ have seen Ontario rents rise three times higher than guidelines, report...

It’s not just a Toronto problem as rents have skyrocketed in cities outside the GTA, says the CCPA.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

"According to Dream's own financial report, 50 percent of their rental income is profit. Despite these high profits, they continue to apply for AGIs year after year, extracting even more rent from struggling tenants”

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Tenants in Toronto building are refusing to pay rent and striking against their landlord

Starting June 1, nearly 200 residents at 33 King Street in Toronto have decided to stop paying rent and strike against their corporate landlord. Ac...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

📣RENT STRIKE ALERT📣 Rally for fair rents in support of striking tenants at 33 King and 22 John St happening this Saturday, July 15 at 11:30am! Come out to support tenants on strike!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

28 days

Solidarity with @DesmondCole As you say, we protect each other. We are here for whatever you need! ✊️✊️

@DesmondCole

Negro Frolics

28 days

I was arrested and criminally charged this morning for taking part in a pro-Palestine demonstration in January The millions struggling in Palestine are not alone, millions more are with them, pushing from abroad in love and solidarity ❤️🖤🤍💚

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YSW Tenant Union

10 months

And we’re off! Tenants at 33 King St and 22 John St are taking the rent strike downtown to Dream Unlimited’s head office to join SEVENTEEN climate groups in calling out their “greenwashing” of excessive rent hikes. #greenwashing #topoli #onpoli #cdnpoli #rentcontrol

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Join us at 1440 Lawrence Ave W as we continue the sit in of the property management office until Barney River follows through on their word. This is what community looks like, come be a part of it. ✊❤️💪

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 month

Powerful days in Barcelona for the International Tenants' Meeting organized by @SindicatLloguer ; discussing organizing strategies, rent strikes, and coordinating international solidarity to fight corporate landlords Solidarity with tenants fighting landlords everywhere ✊️✊️

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

2. Instead of accepting payment, the landlord & management company, Project Esperance, called the police and we were met with an unprecedented police presence of 23 police cruisers to kick 1 dad and 2 kids out of their homes in #YSW during #EasterWeekend

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YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Urgent action alert!! Tenant and supporters have re-entered the unit and are locking themselves inside. Superintendent is removing the door. We need everyone available to come to 1440 Lawrence Ave West now.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

🧵 #33King & #22John tenants have been on rent strike against Dream Unlimited who’s increasing rents as high as 17% on housing built on public land. Why is @WaterfrontTO going to let Dream do the same at Quayside? @abbyjobrien ’s story at @CTVToronto ⬇️

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Toronto's striking tenants raise alarm on 'predatory' landlord set to develop city waterfront

Some Toronto residents are speaking out against a company chosen to develop a 12-acre lot on the city’s waterfront, arguing they have raised rent in other buildings by an “outrageous” amount.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

30 days

Proud to be supporting @OPSEU workers on strike at the AGO ✊️✊️ One day longer, one day stronger!!💪💪💪💪

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

2 years

Tenants at 2450 and 2460 Weston Road have been without heating for days, in the middle of an #extremecold warning. #coldweather Temperatures inside apartments are under 12 degrees, and this is the landord, Starlights', response 👇👇

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Landlord is going ahead with eviction despite a commitment to accept payment. She wants to pay We are occupying the office at 1440 Lawrence Avenue W until they give her the keys

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 month

Join us this Sunday April 14 at 2pm to march against rent hikes! March will begin and 1440 Lawrence Ave W and conclude with a block party, Eid festivities and fun for the whole family!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

25 days

TONIGHT @ 6:30: EMERGENCY RALLY in support of Alex & his family who Dream Unlimited just evicted by sledgehammering his door after doubling his “affordable rent” Corporate greed on public land under @cityoftoronto ’s “affordable housing plan” Come out tonight to support Alex!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

25 days

Rally to protect Alex's home is happening now at 22 John St. Dream is evicting a working-class tenant while making 50% profits on every rent

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

🚨TODAY AT 1PM🚨 Dream will try to evict our neighbour & her kids at 22 John for joining the Rent Strike against massive rent hikes This is the 1st of 100s of eviction attempts #22John Observe the hearing in solidarity TODAY @ 1pm: LTB-L-046955-23

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

3. We call on Vila Gaspar Corte to immediately let our neighbour stay in his home. Please RT and stay tuned on how you can show your support and solidarity. #NoCOVIDevictions

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

25 days

Dream security guard from Logixx bring a SLEDGE HAMMER to kick a father and his family out of his home!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

6 months

"[...] the Toronto strikes herald the beginning of a new historical moment—in which the fast-growing class of Canadian tenants recognizes their mutual interests and fights for them" In-depth article on the historic rent strikes happening in Toronto 👇👇

Revenge of the Renter - Macleans.ca

Hundreds of tenants, struggling to afford skyrocketing rents, are refusing to pay their landlords at all. They call it a rent strike. The landlords say it’s illegal. An inside look at the frontier of...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

Hundred of tenants in #YSW - a #COVID19 hotspot -are loosing their homes this winter, like so many across Toronto. We can’t stay home if we don’t have one! We can’t #lockdown if we’re locked out! Join us this Sunday at 2pm to demand #NoCOVIDevictions !

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

4 years

Doug Ford lied. He promised us that no one would be kicked out of their homes during the pandemic – the pandemic isn’t over & #Bill184 denies us of our #Right2Housing . #EvictDougFord in 2022 & in the meantime, let’s keep fighting & pushing for more.

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More than 6,000 Ontario tenants could face eviction for nonpayment of rent during COVID-19, new...

Between March 17 and July 19, Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board processed 6,083 applications to evict tenants for not paying their rent.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

🚨IMPORTANT🚨 Thursday at 9am Dream Unlimited is attempting to evict a single mother who she joined her tenant union to defend her rights. This is the first of 100s of evictions at #33King Observe the hearing in solidarity Thurs at 9am: LTB-L-061774-23

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

“This is a working class city... This city runs because of the working class!” #YSW Tenant Union is here on Richmond in solidarity with @ParkdaleOrg and @KeepYourRent to demand #NoCOVIDEvictions from corporate landlord MetCap! #topoli #onpoli

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YSW Tenant Union

8 months

We thank @MayorOliviaChow for her efforts to convene this meeting, and for her commitment to tenant organizing. As a token of our appreciation we gave Mayor Chow a YSW Tenant Union t-shirt and a copy of @ricardo_tranjan 's book The Tenant Class - though she already had a copy!

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

1 year

Today tenants from 33 King & 22 John in YSW brought a petition signed by hundreds to @DreamUltd demanding that they drop the AGIs and they abide by rent control 33 King has the most AGIs in the city; 22 John has no rent control despite being built on public lands with public $

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

7 months

Full solidarity with @LHPTA_TO as they organize against excessive rent increases. Like #22John , their building is not rent controlled & like Dream, @gwlra is refusing to recognize their tenant association. But 1000s of Toronto tenants are rising up!💪✊🏼

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After double digit rent hike, High Park tenants consider how to fight back together | CBC News

The Livmore High Park Tenants' Association recently hung red flags from their balconies to highlight concerns they have with their building. Now, they're discussing the possibility of joining other...

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

3 years

Weston stands up for East York; East York stands up for Parkdale; Parkdale stands up for Toronto. We will win together and shut down the cruelty of evictions in a winter pandemic. #NoCovidEvictions Tonight it was East York; on Sunday Nov 29 at 2PM it will be at 2450 Weston Rd.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Tenant is willing to pay but landlord is refusing to take the payment.

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@YSWtenants

YSW Tenant Union

10 months

“The purpose of housing is to provide a place for people to live instead of an investment for someone. Rents should not be seen as the vehicle to increase income for investors.” @DavidMacCdn & @ricardo_tranjan from @ccpa

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Toronto’s rent crisis: Minimum wage would have to hit $40 an hour for workers to be able to afford...

Economic think tank report says the minimum wage needs to be $33.60 an hour for a worker to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Toronto — $40 an hour for a two-bedroom apartment

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YSW Tenant Union

5 months

Toronto police facing working class tenants over one unfair eviction. Barney Rivers hiding behind the police

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YSW Tenant Union

5 months

The whole landlord industrial complex at 1442 Lawrence ave W. @cityoftoronto sheriffs, @TPSOperations , Toronto Fire. All for one senior. In the middle of a crisis. Landlord runs the building like a slumlord.

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