<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">FYI:</div><div class="msg4835079917184830125"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_4835079917184830125WordSection1"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:3.0pt 6.75pt 3.0pt 6.75pt"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt"></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 6.75pt 3.75pt 6.75pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="text-align:right"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><a href="https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/mailing/view/?reset=1&id=11865&cid=221370&cs=6a8323cddb73fe2a39174bed16f9eb5a_1697760865_168" target="_blank"><span style="color:white">View in your browser</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_imageBlock_3"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><img border="0" width="570" height="200" style="width:5.9375in;height:2.0833in" id="m_4835079917184830125_x0000_i1032" src="https://acorncanada.org/wp-content/uploads/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/images/uploads/static/Template_1_6_76ce107cc599466624300fb11e16c594.png"></span><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_textBlock_5"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">Hey Martin,<u></u><u></u></span></p><h3><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">On Oct 24th, councillors on Community Services Committee can vote for an Ottawa 'Tenant Defense Fund'- but we need your help!<u></u><u></u></span></h3><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">What is a Tenant Defense Fund? </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">Tenant Defense Funds exist in other cities, such as Hamilton and Toronto, to provide free legal assistance for tenant groups when going before the Landlord Tenant Board (LTB). This includes support for challenging renovictions/demovictions, tenant applications to stop chronic disrepair or harassment, tenant education/outreach and disputing <a href="https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=38510&qid=22648091" target="_blank"><span style="color:#3f3f3f">Above the Guideline Increases in rent (AGIs).</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom: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represented by highly paid, expert lawyers. A Tenant Defense Fund is one of the essential tools the City can use to protect affordable housing and keep tenants in their homes. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">An urgent example of how a Tenant Defense Fund could help Ottawa tenants... </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">In late September, tenants of Accora Village were hit with rent increase of 5.5%, which is well above the guideline of 2.5% set by the provincial government. This will increase tenants' rent by nearly $200! The majority of tenants have not had any renovations or repairs done to their units to remotely justify the significant increase in rent. The AGI will only serve to contribute to the decline of affordable housing in our city. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_sideImageBlock_1"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><div><div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img border="0" width="285" height="214" style="width:2.9687in;height:2.2291in" id="m_4835079917184830125_x0000_i1031" src="https://acorncanada.org/wp-content/uploads/civicrm/persist/contribute/images/images/uploads/static/391617327_698938415600926_996960973478370172_n_4d2d22919782bf6be31dd66489143e22.jpg"><u></u><u></u></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">Andre Grandpierre (Accora Village tenant & ACORN member): </span></strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt"><p style="margin:0cm"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f">“This AGI is another anxiety to worry about on an already compounding list of anxieties. With the cost of food, gas, clothing, and everything else constantly going up, it feels especially exploitative to unfairly raise the rent on people.”</span></em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3f3f3f"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt;border-radius:4px"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="left" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td style="background:#c00000;padding:4.5pt 13.5pt 4.5pt 13.5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white"><a href="https://acorncanada.org/civicrm/mailing/url/?u=38511&qid=22648091" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:white;text-decoration:none">TAKE ACTION NOW!</span></strong></a><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_titleBlock_5"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:3.0pt 6.75pt 3.0pt 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><i><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Here's how you can help:</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:19.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_textBlock_6"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:white;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td width="100%" valign="top" style="width:100.0%;padding:3.75pt 5.25pt 3.75pt 5.25pt"><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3f3f3f"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Send a message to Ferguslea Properties and councillors</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> voting on Tuesday using our online action: <a href="https://acorncanada.org/take_action/tell-greedy-landlords-of-accora-village-to-drop-the-5-5-rent-increase/" target="_blank">https://acorncanada.org/take_action/tell-greedy-landlords-of-accora-village-to-drop-the-5-5-rent-increase/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3f3f3f"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Share the online action with your networks</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3f3f3f"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Call councillors</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> on Community Services Committee before end of day Monday in support of a Tenant Defense Fund - <a href="https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/council-committees-and-boards/committees-and-boards/standing-committees-commissions-sub-committees-and-other/community-services-committee" target="_blank">https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/council-committees-and-boards/committees-and-boards/standing-committees-commissions-sub-committees-and-other/community-services-committee#</a><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3f3f3f"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Become a monthly donor</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to support local ACORN Tenant Unions across the city: <a href="https://acorncanada.org/contributions/" target="_blank">https://acorncanada.org/contributions/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#3f3f3f"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Make a one-time contribution</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> to support our organizing in Accora Village as we work with tenants to challenge the AGI (suggested donation $50-$500): <a href="https://acorncanada.org/contributions/" target="_blank">https://acorncanada.org/contributions/</a> <u></u><u></u></span></li></ul></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center;background:#c00000"><span style="color:black"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;background:#c00000" id="m_4835079917184830125m_-7222890894444764905ko_hrBlock_2"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:0cm 6.75pt 0cm 6.75pt;max-height:1px;max-height:1px;overflow:hidden"><div><div align="center"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="max-width:427.5pt;background:wh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