Parkdale Organize @ParkdaleOrg
Working-class people building independent organizations for neighbourhood power in Parkdale. parkdaleorganize.ca Toronto, Ontario Joined February 2018-
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Tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park have been on rent strike since May 2023 in protest of above guideline rent increases we can't afford. Join us Sunday April 28 at 2:30pm as we mark one year on rent strike and call on Starlight and PSP Investments to drop the rent hikes!
Happening now👇
Join on Zoom tomorrow at 9:00am to observe our matters at the Landlord and Tenant Board: bit.ly/ZLTBVideo141
Join on Zoom tomorrow at 9:00am to observe our matters at the Landlord and Tenant Board: bit.ly/ZLTBVideo141
One year into our rent strike, Starlight Investments and PSP Investments continue to pursue evictions of rent striking tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park. Join on Wednesday April 17 at 9:00am to observe the next step in our group hearings: bit.ly/ZLTBVideo141
Joshua Morrison, owner of Morrison Plumbing & Mechanical Inc., is evicting our neighbours at 164 Close. Give Morrison Plumbing a 1 STAR rating on google. Leave comments on his social media pages. Call and email Joshua directly. linktr.ee/norenoviction
Parkdale tenants continue to press their demand to stop the evictions at 164 Close Avenue
Parkdale tenants continue to press their demand to stop the evictions at 164 Close Avenue
A plumbing contractor who is into renoviction as a side business is facing opposition from Parkdale tenants
A plumbing contractor who is into renoviction as a side business is facing opposition from Parkdale tenants
In Aug. 2023, Joshua Morrison, owner of Morrison Plumbing & Mechanical Ltd., bought the 10-unit building at 164 Close Ave. in Parkdale. Tenants received lawyer’s letters urging them to take buyouts. Five of the tenants refused to move out. linktr.ee/norenoviction
Rent strikers from 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park disrupted an event last night for landlord PSP Investments’ Downsview development, in protest of the rent hikes we can’t afford. PSP and its partner Starlight must withdraw the above guideline rent increases in Thorncliffe Park.
BREAKING: Tenants in Thorncliffe Park have been told we will have to wait up to two years for an Access to Information request to be processed by our landlord, federal crown corporation PSP Investments, about the ongoing rent strike at our buildings. Our full statement:
Today tenants from 71, 75 and 79 Thorncliffe Park Drive spoke to building management as a group about unacceptable conditions in our buildings and demanded improvements from management.
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Starlight Investments are moving to evict up to 100 tenants who have been withholding payments in protest against proposed rent increases. By @DearOtherPeople #cdnpoli (unlocked) buff.ly/41z0Lob
West Lodge tenants have been organizing together for years. Organizing for power in their lives. Organizing to ensure that their neighbours have access to fresh food, secure and well-maintained housing, and the dignity that we all deserve. /1 DONATE: westlodgefoodbank.com
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One year into our rent strike, Starlight Investments and PSP Investments continue to pursue evictions of rent striking tenants at 71, 75, and 79 Thorncliffe Park. Join on Wednesday April 17 at 9:00am to observe the next step in our group hearings: bit.ly/ZLTBVideo141
A plumbing contractor who is into renoviction as a side business is facing opposition from Parkdale tenants
In Aug. 2023, Joshua Morrison, owner of Morrison Plumbing & Mechanical Ltd., bought the 10-unit building at 164 Close Ave. in Parkdale. Tenants received lawyer’s letters urging them to take buyouts. Five of the tenants refused to move out. linktr.ee/norenoviction
BREAKING: Tenants in Thorncliffe Park have been told we will have to wait up to two years for an Access to Information request to be processed by our landlord, federal crown corporation PSP Investments, about the ongoing rent strike at our buildings. Our full statement:
Donate at westlodgefoodbank.com Your money goes directly to buying food and supporting our organizing NO money to salaries NO money to office costs NO money to fancy galas
🚨CHOR (WAGE THIEVES) EXPOSED On Saturday, truck drivers protested in front of the homes of 2 employers — Samhil Logistics & Truck IT — to demand $330K+ in wages. Workers shared their stories of wage theft, abuse and death threats received from employers seeking to silence us.🧵
As we start the sixth month of our rent strike, tenants at 71 Thorncliffe Park have been told they won’t have access to their front entrance until the end of the year. In the meantime, this is what it looks like for people returning home.
BREAKING: Organized LFF bakery workers recover $50K more in wages, totalling $100K so far since their daily protest began on Aug 28. LFF’s owner says that he will submit a payment plan in writing for the remaining amount today. The workers’ protest continues. Stay tuned.
“We feel that our landlords and the LTB are trying to break this rent strike” Read about the LTB fast-tracking the AGI hearings for our buildings in @TheHoserMedia: thehoser.ca/posts/ltb-side…
BREAKING: The Landlord and Tenant Board has fast-tracked the hearings for PSP Investments’ and Starlight Investments’ above guideline rent increase applications, at the landlords’ request. The LTB has moved to break the Thorncliffe Park rent strike. Our full statement:
Thorncliffe Park tenants Sameer and Jawad wrote about our struggle in @Spacing. Check out the piece here: spacing.ca/toronto/2023/0…
BREAKING: After a year-long campaign against renoviction by tenants at 1570 Lawrence Avenue West, Lankin Investments' (formerly Pulis Investments) eviction applications have been dismissed by the Landlord and Tenant Board.
📣 Come out on Tuesday to support rent striking tenants in our fight against the above guideline rent increases being sought by Starlight and PSP Investments! When: Tuesday August 1 at 12 pm Where: Meet up in front of 56 Aberfoyle Crescent (by Islington subway)
Tenants at 893 Kennedy Rd. in Scarborough are calling on Golden Equity to stop trying to gouge them over parking and refrain from parking harassment threats and actions such as ticketing and towing their vehicles.
Mohammad lives in one of the more than 150 units in Thorncliffe Park currently on rent strike. His own pension is investing in above guideline rent hikes at his building that he and his neighbours have been organizing against.
Thorncliffe Park tenants disrupted a @InvestPSP talk at a pension conference in Toronto yesterday to press our demand that PSP withdraw the above guideline rent increases at our buildings. Our rent strike will continue into its third month on July 1.
The landlord’s PR person tells CBC that withholding rent “for any reason other than financial distress” is an issue, as though Thorncliffe Park tenants have not been telling @InvestPSP for the past year how the rent hikes they’re protesting cause significant financial distress
PSP Investments has filed to evict Thorncliffe Park tenants on rent strike in protest of rent hikes we can’t afford. We continue to call on the crown corporation and public sector pension to withdraw the above guideline rent increases at our buildings. cbc.ca/news/canada/to…
Sameer Beyan is one of the Thorncliffe Park residents who recently launched a #rentstrike to protest against a nearly 10 per cent rent hike at his apartment complex. Here, he talks about the leadup to the strike, and if it's part of a coordinated effort. macleans.ca/economy/reales…
“Striking was a last resort, but we have been left with no options,” Beyan says. "[M]any of us are just trying to make better lives for ourselves and our families, which is difficult when every extra dollar we earn has to go to our housing costs." macleans.ca/economy/reales…
You can support us by donating to our rent strike fund. We will not let PSP Investments push us out of our homes. gofundme.com/f/thorncliffe-…
Tenants marched and shared news of our fight with Miranda Hubbs’ neighbours as our rent strike enters its second month.
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