Parkdale Organize

This Is Parkdale: A Documentary on the Parkdale Rent Strike

Posted on: November 5, 2017 /

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About the film: In the summer of 2017, in the Toronto neighbourhood of Parkdale, over 300 tenants living across 12 apartment buildings went on rent strike to protest a wave of rent increases that would have displaced members of their community. Through months of organizing and a series of escalating actions, working-class people took on

Victory: Collective Action Beats Evictions in Parkdale!

Posted on: October 20, 2017 /

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We are very pleased to report that Phil, Brandon, and Kelly have beaten their evictions! They will stay in their homes and continue to contribute to neighbourhood life in Parkdale. Congratulations to our neighbours! Last Friday the three tenants, along with members of Parkdale Organize, delivered a letter to their landlord at his place of

Landlord and Domino’s Owner put on Notice

Posted on: October 14, 2017 /

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Last evening our neighbours Phil, Brandon, and Kelly, along with members of Parkdale Organize, delivered a letter to their landlord Paval Kanagathurai at his Domino’s pizza franchise at 1671 Dundas West (just east of Lansdowne).We are demanding Paval stop all eviction proceedings against his tenants by Friday, October 20. (We would like to thank the workers

This Is Parkdale: a documentary on the Parkdale Rent Strike

Posted on: October 8, 2017 /

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From May to August more than 300 of our neighbours in MetCap buildings went on rent strike and won. Their rent strike forced MetCap to substantially drop the rent increases and commit to a program of rent-relief for low-income tenants. The rent strike was a turning point for Parkdale. Our neighbours showed us that when

Parkdale Rent Strike Ends in Victory!

Posted on: August 3, 2017 /

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Statement of the Rent Strikers’ Negotiating Committee Today we are pleased to announce that the Parkdale rent strike has ended in victory. The organizing of hundreds of working class people in Parkdale, including us and our neighbours, has shifted the balance of power between landlords and tenants in Parkdale in our favour. For the past

An Interview with Parkdale Organize

Posted on: June 29, 2017 /

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Parkdale Organize was recently interviewed by the UK website Novara Media. Full text is below. The original publication can be found online here. // No to Gentrification, Yes to Rent Strikes: An Interview With Toronto’s Parkdale Organize by William Neumeister Recent events have made it tragically clear how dangerous it can be when tenants’ concerns

Negotiations with MetCap Have Begun – Rent Strike Continues July 1

Posted on: June 25, 2017 /

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On June 21 fourteen tenants representing rent strikers from six buildings sat down across the table from eight high ranking AIMCo and MetCap executives to put forward the demands of the Parkdale rent strike. Rent strikers secured an agreement from MetCap to stop all evictions as long as negotiations are ongoing. Negotiations resume next week.

Parkdale Rent Strikers Demand Repairs for Neighbours

Posted on: June 16, 2017 /

Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today rent strikers delivered a letter to Darren Shaw, MetCap property manager, to demand that the necessary repairs be completed in their neighbour’s unit. Rather than deal with his tenants Darren chose to run away. When tenants followed him down Tyndall Avenue asking when they could expect the work to be completed he refused to

Parkdale Rent Strikers Occupy Landlord Tenant Board To Stop Above Guideline Rent Increase At 87 Jameson

Posted on: June 7, 2017 /

Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today nearly 100 rent strikers and supporters occupied the Landlord and Tenant Board to protest the scheduled above guideline rent increase hearing on AIMCO and MetCap’s application against tenants at 87 Jameson. The occupation was successful and ensured the Board could not approve the increase today. Rent strikers understand the Board is set up to

Rent strikers protest at home of Guy Alberga

Posted on: June 3, 2017 /

Categories: Parkdale Rent Strike

Today Parkdale rent strikers took their fight to MetCap’s front door, to the home of Guy Alberga, co-owner of four MetCap buildings including 87 Jameson. With tenants at 87 Jameson being dragged in front of the Landlord and Tenant Board on Wednesday on their landlord’s application to raise their rent by nearly 15% over three

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