ACORN Tenants Union holding rally and tenant speak-out for Landlord Accountability
ACORN is holding a tenant speak-out at the Central Library one week ahead of the election to urge city council to adopt a comprehensive Landlord Licensing program.
Poverty
Lisa Roberts: Rent control a discarded solution to deepening housing crisis in Nova Scotia
Lisa Roberts: There was rent control here in Nova Scotia until 1993, when the then Liberal cabinet eliminated it with no fanfare or debate. The current Liberal government could re-establish it through a similar cabinet decision or it could pass our bill. Either way, it would be an important first step towards stabilizing the rental market and protecting renters from massive increases.
Kendall Worth: Applying for a zillion jobs
Kendall Worth: Meet Jennifer, Donna, Tafiba, and Michelle , who have two things in common. They are interested in wanting to get back into the workforce and they have applied for a zillion jobs over these past couple of years and it seems that no one will hire them.
No money to pay for food: a mother’s trip to the IWK while on social assistance
For an out of town mother on income assistance taking a child to the IWK for tests or surgery, especially if it requires an overnight stay, is a logistical and financial nightmare. Meal allowances haven’t changed since 2008, and even then they were terribly inadequate.
Press release: A giant step forward for low-wage workers in Halifax
Press release: Last night, Halifax Regional Council passed a motion that will make a real difference in the lives of some low-wage workers in the Halifax Regional Municipality. The CCPA-NS applauds the Council and urges it to stay the course.
Housing activists find flaws in proposed Halifax landlord registry
A rental or landlord registry in Halifax is slowly, very slowly, becoming a reality, but housing activists argue that the proposed regulations should be much stronger.
PSA: URGENT ACTION – Fight single father’s unfair eviction!
PSA: David, his two children, his mother, and brother are all facing eviction at the end of October as their landlord James Mielnik and property manager Gillian Ansell have chosen not to renew their fixed-term lease.
Kendall Worth: A rocky ride – Income assistance, CERB, and now EI, maybe
Kendall Worth writes about the challenges for people on income assistance with part time jobs. They were told to get off assistance and on to CERB, and ever since it’s been a rocky road.
One step forward for low-waged workers in Halifax?
Christine Saulnier looks at the llving wage report that Halifax Council will consider on Tuesday. “Why should HRM ask its contractors to pay a living wage and not do so itself? City Council could adopt a resolution committing to pay all direct and indirect city workers a living wage,” she writes.
Kendall Worth: When supports fall away
For Rose, who Kendall Worth introduced us to earlier, will have to apply for income assistance because her parents are only able to pay her rent for two more years due to their health going downhill and her father recently retiring.