GoldenCockroach.org
Title
Parkdale Tenants Association
Description
Excerpted from the website:
- The Parkdale Tenants Association has been working to improve tenants' lives since 1971. A grassroots group with strong roots in the community, its members have joined together to force landlords to be more accountable, and to ensure that governments play their role. High rent increases, buildings in appalling condition, and harassment by landlords continue to be issues faced by low-income tenants in Parkdale. In recent years, the PTA has focused on individual buildings and landlords responsible for some of the worst maintained high-rises in the area. In some cases, this work has resulted in substantial improvements in building maintenance, refunds for tenants charged illegal key deposits, and improvements in heat and hot water access. Several new building-based or landlord-based tenant groups have started up, and the PTA has worked to support them.
Languages
English
