[homeles_ot-l] Help Us Stop Unsafe Evictions in Ontario

[Alliance To End Homelessness]

Today, the Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness and our partners, the
Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario (ACTO) alongside over 70 endorsing
organizations are calling on Premier Doug Ford and the Ontario government
to *STOP UNSAFE EVICTIONS*
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during
this pandemic crisis.

The STOP UNSAFE EVICTIONS campaign is urging Premier Ford and our Ontario
government to protect people from evictions into homelessness by
immediately restoring the court-ordered moratorium on residential
evictions, which was put in place in March of this year.

Housing is the first defence against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Nearly 7% of renters in Ontario were unable to pay their rent in full after
losing their income from the pandemic crisis and face being kicked out of
their homes. This means nearly 105,000 renter households are at risk of
being evicted into homelessness.

With a severe shortage of affordable housing across Ontario’s cities, if a
person faces an eviction they may be forced into already crowded emergency
shelters, informal and unsafe residences, or living in encampments during
the cold winter months. Congregate living conditions create conditions for
high risk of COVID-19 outbreaks and puts lives at risk.

*We can’t let this happen...and this is where you come in. *

The STOP UNSAFE EVICTIONS campaign has prepared a letter to the Premier,
the Attorney General and your MPP to urge them to protect renters across
the province and restore the moratorium immediately.

Will you send a letter today? It takes less than 30 seconds and is a
critical starting point of this very important call to support our
communities.
*SEND A LETTER TO ONTARIO LEADERS NOW TO STOP UNSAFE EVICTIONS *
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Thank you for supporting renters across Ontario.

*Kaite Burkholder Harris*

*Chair, Ontario Alliance to End Homelessness*


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*Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa*
171 George Street, Ottawa ON K1N 5W5
info at endhomelessnessottawa.ca
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