[homeles_ot-l] FW: Right to Housing legal challenge in court May 27 & 28th

[Lynne Browne]

FYI

LYNNE BROWNE

Executive Director

Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa

171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5

613-241-1573, ext. 314

 <mailto:lynnebrowne at endhomelessnessottawa.ca>
lynnebrowne at endhomelessnessottawa.ca 

 

From: c400group at googlegroups.com [mailto:c400group at googlegroups.com] On
Behalf Of Yutaka Dirks (ACTO)
Sent: May-21-13 1:56 PM
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Subject: Right to Housing legal challenge in court May 27 & 28th

 

Support the Right to Housing legal challenge – in court May 27 & 28th

 

In the spring of 2010, several individuals and the Centre for Equality
Rights in Accommodation filed a landmark legal challenge at the Ontario
Superior Court. The ‘Right to Housing challenge’ argues that the governments
of Canada and Ontario are in violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
for their failure to address, and their contribution to, the growing crisis
of homelessness and inadequate housing. Almost 10,000 pages of expert
witness evidence were submitted to support this case on National Housing Day
in the fall of 2011. 

 

The governments of Canada and Ontario have responded by seeking to have the
case struck, before the evidence can be heard by a judge. 

 

On Monday, May 27th and Tuesday, May 28th, Fay Faraday, Peter Rosenthal and
the Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario will argue that the case must
proceed. 

 

Amnesty International & the Economic Social and Cultural Rights Network, The
David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights and the Income Security
Advocacy Centre & Charter Committee on Poverty Issues & Justice for Girls &
Pivot Legal Society are acting as intervenors in the case. They believe the
challenge should be allowed to continue and will offer important information
to the Court.

 

This case is historic: The Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation and
the individual applicants - who have experienced poverty and homelessness,
are asking for more than the simple right to shelter. They hope that the
Court will declare that homelessness and inadequate housing violate the
Charter of Rights and Freedoms and that the government must develop a
national strategy to end homelessness.

 

Stand up for housing and human rights by attending this court appearance.
If you are in Toronto, help us send the message that adequate housing is a
human right and that this vitally important legal challenge should move
forward! 

 

The motions will be heard on Monday, May 27th and Tuesday the 28th at the
Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto. We will update
http://righttohousing.wordpress.com <http://righttohousing.wordpress.com/>
with the address and courtroom number when it is confirmed. 

 

Legal materials from the case are available on the ACTO website
<http://www.acto.ca/en/cases/right-to-housing/case-update-whats-happening-no
w.html>  

 

Thank you for supporting the right of everyone to adequate housing. 

 

On Behalf of the Right to Housing Coalition – Ontario,

 

Yutaka Dirks

Advocacy and Outreach Coordinator

Advocacy Centre for Tenants - Ontario

425 Adelaide St. W., 5th Flr.

Toronto, ON  M5V 3C1

Tel:   416-597-5855 x. 5243

Fax:  416-597-5821

www.acto.ca

 

 

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