Tenant Unions in Surrey Fight for Healthy Homes
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- Category: Surrey Healthy Homes
- Published on Thursday, 12 January 2012 19:12
Surrey ACORN's Healthy Homes campaign took an exciting step in December to round out a successful year. At a meeting at the Guildford Public Library, members officially voted to begin the creation of Tenants Unions for Healthy Homes in buildings across Surrey. Formed out of a desire for formal representation as a means to winning improved housing for tenants across the city, these tenants unions will be a show of solidarity for all people willing to stand up for their legal and human rights.
Quick off of the heals of the meeting, the first four tenants unions led by ACORN Canada's leadership in Bon Tera Apartments, Kwantlen Park Manor, Imperial Parkside Apartments, and Parkside Apartments on 105A Ave began the process of securing formal recognition from landlords as the voice of tenants in their buildings.
In a short time some of those tenants unions have had meetings with landlords, quickly securing much needed investments. As expected, some landlords would claim that there are no problems with the buildings and use bully tactics to intimidate ACORN Canada members from forming a union, but members are not planning on stepping down from this fight.
