Scarborough Tenants Blog

We learn lot from our history; most importantly we learn more from sharing of our individual experience in the collective universe. Sadly, the history is being disregarded by the mainstream in order to maintain the comfortable lies that our society is a fair place for all.

If that was true, police would protect tenants and landlords without discrimination based on social status. The gruesome pandemic evictions in Toronto by our Toronto Police across the city revealed the historical fact that police exist to serve the ruling class and the corporations.

Therefore, STU stand united in solidarity with oppressed and the exploited everywhere. Respectively, every STU meeting is mandated to begin with Scarborough land acknowledgment.

The land STU stand today is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and MeĢtis peoples. STU acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

By visiting the blog, you agree to respect Scarborough land acknowledgement and access all of its content in the same spirit.

STU, ACORN and the Fight for Housing

Housing advocates are encouraging the City of Toronto to make a rent grant program that helps those who are facing eviction permanent

Tenants are Neglected at Every Turn

Rents in the city of Toronto are at some of the lowest levels they've been in years, but affordable housing advocates say they haven't dropped enough to have an impact

Ontario Lawyers to Offer Free Legal Advice

More than 10% of Toronto's rental units were in arrears in 2020 due to the pandemic. Advocacy groups, including Toronto ACORN, are demanding that Ontario ban all evictions

NDP Demands Protections for Renters

With climate change leading to hotter and more frequent heatwaves, it's time to protect tenants who deserve to live in safe and comfortable homes

Scarborough Acorn Tenants Strike

Nasar Nader, a Whitby tenant whose family faces eviction after passage of Ontario's Bill 184, stands with Toronto ACORN member in Scarborough