[homeles_ot-l] FW: Reminder: Ottawa Tenants Conference, May 12, 2012

[Lynne Browne]

FYI . . . Lynne Browne
Executive Director, Alliance to End Homelessness 
613-241-7913 ext. 205, lbrowne at ysb.on.ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Rob MacDonald [mailto:robm at housinghelp.on.ca] 
Sent: May-07-12 11:15 AM
To: listserv
Subject: Reminder: Ottawa Tenants Conference, May 12, 2012
The conference is Saturday May 12th at 9:00am.

Just a reminder that the 6th Ottawa Tenants Conference will be held at City Hall at 110 Laurier Avenue West on Saturday, May 12, 2012 from 9:am to 2:00pm.  Registration is required.  It is open to tenants who live on the private market or in social housing.  There will guest speakers who are experts in the field of tenant issues as well as workshops covering maintenance, public health, bedbugs, social housing and francophone issues.  There will also be games, prizes and legal services available throughout the day to assist tenants with specific problems,

Unique in Ottawa and Ontario, the goal of the Ottawa Tenants Conference is to address the imbalance of power that exists between landlords and tenants by providing a safe environment to engage tenants in dialogue. It strives to reduce the isolation tenants experience in dealing with their housing problems by bringing them together collectively and empowering them to advocate for themselves.
The organizers believe in education of tenants about structural legislation and systemic policy to ensure they have a better understanding of the broader guiding principles and the decisions at a political level that impact on their lives.  It is through this understanding that tenants learn to participate in the system.

As both provincial and federal governments are freezing wages and implementing austerity measures, landlords in Ontario are collecting a 3.1 percent rent increase from tenants who are barely scraping by in recessionary times In addition to higher rents, we continue to lose housing through fires and demolitions only to be replaced by high end of market condominiums. Affordable rental housing is becoming an endangered species.

Admission to the conference is free and lunch is provided. Bus tickets and a limited number of daycare subsidies are also available on a first come, first served basis.

To register, visit our website at ottawatenantsconference.ca or phone 613-563-4532, extension 456.

--
Rob MacDonald,
Advocate for Tenants

"Warriors, warriors we call ourselves.  We fight for splendid virtue, for high endeavour, for sublime wisdom, therefore we call ourselves warriors."
Aunguttara Nikaya


--
Rob MacDonald,
Advocate for Tenants

"Warriors, warriors we call ourselves.  We fight for splendid virtue, for high endeavour, for sublime wisdom, therefore we call ourselves warriors."
Aunguttara Nikaya
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