housing

GroundWire | August 28

GroundWire Production — Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:36:48 +0000

Unsanctioned Overdose Prevention Site goes up in Toronto & WSDA take on coastal fish farms in BC

This episode of GroundWire is produced by CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal broadcasting from the traditional unceded territory of the Haudenosaunee (Mohawk) nation.

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Landlords from hell and rodents for roommates

Robert DeVet — Tue, 13 May 2014 22:22:42 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – About twenty low income tenants came to City Hall to find some accountability, but all they found were rodents, insects and bedbugs.

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Snowbirds after the Storm

David Koch — Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:33:59 +0000

In post-crash Florida, Canadians are part of a growing class of landlords

BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA—Corporations and wealthy investors have been buying up the glut of homes repossessed by banks since the subprime mortgage crisis began in the US in 2007, netting bungalows for the price of a pickup truck and then renting them back to locals.

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Passive power within reach

jenstotland — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:59:04 +0000

Passive solar is a low-tech means of warming and cooling buildings and it's slowly growing on us

To see the potential of passive solar is like an entry to a whole other world. A kafka-esque world in which most of our houses and streets are facing the wrong way and trees are planted in a haphazard manner that most often hinders our right-to-light.

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CIHR Café Scientifique: Exploring the transition out of youth homelessness

Sarah Slaunwhite — Wed, 10 Jul 2013 16:31:55 +0000

Di Juil 14

ville:

Halifax

Lieu:

1313 Hollis

Adresse:

1313 Hollis Street

Coût:

free

le contact de l'organisatrice:

RSVP tnaylor@dal.ca

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Rental rules get overhaul

Natascia Lypny — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 20:34:22 +0000

It’s been a decade since the Residential Tenancies Act got a facelift, and on Nov. 15, changes took effect to the law that governs rentals.

Landlords and tenants should get acquainted with the tweaks to subletting rules, the process for rent increases, reasons for ending a lease, security deposit interest rates and late-rent
payments.

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My Life on Income Assistance

bsichel — Tue, 31 Jul 2012 20:43:08 +0000

Not many housing choices are available for $535 per month

My name is Kendall Worth, and I am writing this article from my personal experiences of being a resident of North End Dartmouth for the past 11 years of my life. This article will explain how Income Assistance works, and how my life, and particularly my housing situation, is affected by having to rely on it.

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10th annual Homelessness Marathon

Aaron — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:01 +0000

Titre secondaire:

14 hours of radio on justice, not charity

Me Fév 22 - Je Fév 23

ville:

On the airwaves of 35+ radio stations across Canada

Lieu:

On the radio

le contact de l'organisatrice:

marathon@ckut.ca

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Lien:

http://ckut.ca/homeless

CKUT radio presents:

The 10th annual Homelessness Marathon
14 hours of live radio programming on justice, not charity

Tune in and participate!

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Shelter from the Condo Storm

JustinL — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 19:13:20 +0000

Despite below-freezing temperatures, event organizer Jocelyne Tranquilla says that Tent City was a general success.

Originally scheduled for October 16th and 17th, the event was postponed due to heavy rain. Despite the day change, dozens of people gathered in the South Commons to protest what they say is a lack of affordable housing in Halifax.

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