Livmore High Park Tenants’ Association
@lhpta.bsky.social
We represent tenants living at the Livmore High Park properties in Toronto - https://linktr.ee/lhpta
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TENANTS IN HIGH PARK FACE 11.6% RENT INCREASE
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LHPTA was founded in 2022 in response to an urgent need to fight high #rent increases imposed on tenants in our newly built buildings…
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Can’t believe it finally passed. We tried this year ago and if not for some of the same opposition, it could have lowered rents across the board and forced millions in repairs during both COVID and now
Councillor Matlow's motion to establish a colour-coded sign rating system for apartment buildings based on inspections, similar to DineSafe, CARRIES 20-3. Interesting trio here. secure.toronto.ca/council/agen...
July 24, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Can’t believe it finally passed. We tried this year ago and if not for some of the same opposition, it could have lowered rents across the board and forced millions in repairs during both COVID and now
We were thrilled to have
@alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend!
Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊
@alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend!
Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊
Thrilled to join the Annual Community BBQ in the High Park buildings!
It’s always heartening to see neighbours come together and build community over great food & conversations.
Thank you Livmore High Park Tenants' Association for hosting, and for your continued advocacy & community leadership!
It’s always heartening to see neighbours come together and build community over great food & conversations.
Thank you Livmore High Park Tenants' Association for hosting, and for your continued advocacy & community leadership!
June 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We were thrilled to have
@alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend!
Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊
@alexagilmour.bsky.social attend our Annual Community BBQ last weekend!
Thank you, Alexa, for speaking in support of rent control ✊
A home…a home…a home is with the fight!
No more greedy landlords.
Housing justice NOW.
@230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social
No more greedy landlords.
Housing justice NOW.
@230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social
June 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
A home…a home…a home is with the fight!
No more greedy landlords.
Housing justice NOW.
@230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social
No more greedy landlords.
Housing justice NOW.
@230fightback.bsky.social @nodemovictions.bsky.social @springmagca.bsky.social @demsocialistsca.bsky.social
How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...
By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏
By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏
How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing
The rise of condos is making door-to-door political campaigning obsolete.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
How Canada’s ‘Condo Class’ Has Disrupted Political Organizing www.readthemaple.com/how-canadas-...
By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏
By @emmapaling.bsky.social 👏
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It’s *not* immigrants.
It’s *not* lack of supply.
It’s $$$ firms that are making housing unaffordable.
“Census data shows that the supply of housing has been greater than population growth almost every year since 2010, yet housing price increases consistently outstrip inflation every year.”
It’s *not* lack of supply.
It’s $$$ firms that are making housing unaffordable.
“Census data shows that the supply of housing has been greater than population growth almost every year since 2010, yet housing price increases consistently outstrip inflation every year.”
The rapid evaporation of affordable housing has created a dire situation for working Canadians. Since financialized firms entered the housing market average home prices have risen 318%. Two-thirds of tenants are now being charged unaffordable rents.
The REIT-ification of housing
The financialization of housing is a result of policy choices made by successive federal and provincial governments over decades. The Federal Housing Advocate points to three major policy drivers: the...
canadiandimension.com
May 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
It’s *not* immigrants.
It’s *not* lack of supply.
It’s $$$ firms that are making housing unaffordable.
“Census data shows that the supply of housing has been greater than population growth almost every year since 2010, yet housing price increases consistently outstrip inflation every year.”
It’s *not* lack of supply.
It’s $$$ firms that are making housing unaffordable.
“Census data shows that the supply of housing has been greater than population growth almost every year since 2010, yet housing price increases consistently outstrip inflation every year.”
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The rapid evaporation of affordable housing has created a dire situation for working Canadians. Since financialized firms entered the housing market average home prices have risen 318%. Two-thirds of tenants are now being charged unaffordable rents.
The REIT-ification of housing
The financialization of housing is a result of policy choices made by successive federal and provincial governments over decades. The Federal Housing Advocate points to three major policy drivers: the...
canadiandimension.com
May 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The rapid evaporation of affordable housing has created a dire situation for working Canadians. Since financialized firms entered the housing market average home prices have risen 318%. Two-thirds of tenants are now being charged unaffordable rents.
Agreed:
Financialized landlords…
(like GWL Realty Advisors, Dream Ultd, Starlight, Minto, Brookfield, etc)
…should NOT be accessing supports when they are literally pricing people out of their homes.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
Financialized landlords…
(like GWL Realty Advisors, Dream Ultd, Starlight, Minto, Brookfield, etc)
…should NOT be accessing supports when they are literally pricing people out of their homes.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
A @uwaterloo.ca researcher:
“We don't think that they should be accessing support from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Canada's National Housing Strategy.” 💯
Now fix it, @mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
“We don't think that they should be accessing support from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Canada's National Housing Strategy.” 💯
Now fix it, @mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
Financial landlords are leading Toronto rent hikes | Waterloo News
Financial landlords in Toronto charge monthly rents 44 per cent higher than the average neighbourhood price, according to a groundbreaking new study. The increase translates to $670 more on average. A...
uwaterloo.ca
May 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Agreed:
Financialized landlords…
(like GWL Realty Advisors, Dream Ultd, Starlight, Minto, Brookfield, etc)
…should NOT be accessing supports when they are literally pricing people out of their homes.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
Financialized landlords…
(like GWL Realty Advisors, Dream Ultd, Starlight, Minto, Brookfield, etc)
…should NOT be accessing supports when they are literally pricing people out of their homes.
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
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A @uwaterloo.ca researcher:
👉“The government has goals to improve housing affordability, but their programs give funding to organizations who eviscerate housing affordability…”
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
👉“The government has goals to improve housing affordability, but their programs give funding to organizations who eviscerate housing affordability…”
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
Financial landlords are leading Toronto rent hikes | Waterloo News
Financial landlords in Toronto charge monthly rents 44 per cent higher than the average neighbourhood price, according to a groundbreaking new study. The increase translates to $670 more on average. A...
uwaterloo.ca
May 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
A @uwaterloo.ca researcher:
👉“The government has goals to improve housing affordability, but their programs give funding to organizations who eviscerate housing affordability…”
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
👉“The government has goals to improve housing affordability, but their programs give funding to organizations who eviscerate housing affordability…”
@mark-carney.bsky.social @gregorrobertson.bsky.social @ontariopc.bsky.social
uwaterloo.ca/news/financi...
Moses McKay, on politics and housing in Toronto (1960):
“Either deliver the goods, or don’t get in the way.”
💯
“Either deliver the goods, or don’t get in the way.”
💯
From the 1960 Toronto Labour Yearbook piece - Housing in Toronto:
“It matters not one row of beans how many houses are being built or many many houses or flats are lying vacant. If they can not be sold or rented at a maximum price of 23% of income, they are too expensive.”
“It matters not one row of beans how many houses are being built or many many houses or flats are lying vacant. If they can not be sold or rented at a maximum price of 23% of income, they are too expensive.”
May 15, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Moses McKay, on politics and housing in Toronto (1960):
“Either deliver the goods, or don’t get in the way.”
💯
“Either deliver the goods, or don’t get in the way.”
💯
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I cannot emphasize enough how amazing Bhutila’s solidarity & support has been for my community & so many others in #TaiaiakonParkdaleHighPark when it comes to making life better for people.
Go vote for @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social so she can continue to hold gov’t to account!
🍊✊🏻🧡
Go vote for @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social so she can continue to hold gov’t to account!
🍊✊🏻🧡
Cynthia Black is a leader in our community. Organizing with tenants in the High Park area against unfair rent hikes and rent price fixing. She knows the importance of having an MP you can trust.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
April 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I cannot emphasize enough how amazing Bhutila’s solidarity & support has been for my community & so many others in #TaiaiakonParkdaleHighPark when it comes to making life better for people.
Go vote for @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social so she can continue to hold gov’t to account!
🍊✊🏻🧡
Go vote for @bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social so she can continue to hold gov’t to account!
🍊✊🏻🧡
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Cynthia Black is a leader in our community. Organizing with tenants in the High Park area against unfair rent hikes and rent price fixing. She knows the importance of having an MP you can trust.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
April 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Cynthia Black is a leader in our community. Organizing with tenants in the High Park area against unfair rent hikes and rent price fixing. She knows the importance of having an MP you can trust.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
Thank you, Cynthia, for your support! I'm honoured to fight alongside you.
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I'm running to be your next MP for Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. With you, I'll keep fighting to get results for our community.
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I'm running to be your next MP for Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park. With you, I'll keep fighting to get results for our community.
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@bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social has been a steadfast ally from Day 1. When other politicians turned a blind eye to price fixing and predatory landlords, Bhutila stood up for tenants. That's what true leadership looks like!
With unpredictable rent hikes, unfair evictions, and LTB problems—understanding the law and knowing your rights is critical.
That’s why my team and I worked on Tenant Guide books with housing experts.
That’s the kind of proactive grassroots effort you can always count on me for.
That’s why my team and I worked on Tenant Guide books with housing experts.
That’s the kind of proactive grassroots effort you can always count on me for.
April 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
@bhutilakarpoche.bsky.social has been a steadfast ally from Day 1. When other politicians turned a blind eye to price fixing and predatory landlords, Bhutila stood up for tenants. That's what true leadership looks like!
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The federal government can and should make real rent control a condition for federal housing funding.
National rent control—that’s what the NDP is fighting for.
National rent control—that’s what the NDP is fighting for.
April 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The federal government can and should make real rent control a condition for federal housing funding.
National rent control—that’s what the NDP is fighting for.
National rent control—that’s what the NDP is fighting for.
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TOMORROW:
Concerned about high rent prices in Canada? So are we.
RSVP for this free event to learn how we’re taking down the landlord cartel: www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
#StopTheLandlordCartel
Concerned about high rent prices in Canada? So are we.
RSVP for this free event to learn how we’re taking down the landlord cartel: www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
#StopTheLandlordCartel
April 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
TOMORROW:
Concerned about high rent prices in Canada? So are we.
RSVP for this free event to learn how we’re taking down the landlord cartel: www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
#StopTheLandlordCartel
Concerned about high rent prices in Canada? So are we.
RSVP for this free event to learn how we’re taking down the landlord cartel: www.tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
#StopTheLandlordCartel
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Plan = give the industry more money by starving Cities for revenue from one of the richest groups in Canada (property developers).
Savings = $0. Thats because housing prices aren't a function of cost, they're a function of what the market will bare. 1/2
Savings = $0. Thats because housing prices aren't a function of cost, they're a function of what the market will bare. 1/2
Alright, first up today was Poilievre!
His announcement? A plan to reimburse cities for half of every dollar they cut in development charges (which fund new infrastructure for housing like sewers and roads)
This + ditching GST on new homes under 1.3 million = $115,000 saved per home, he claims.
His announcement? A plan to reimburse cities for half of every dollar they cut in development charges (which fund new infrastructure for housing like sewers and roads)
This + ditching GST on new homes under 1.3 million = $115,000 saved per home, he claims.
April 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Plan = give the industry more money by starving Cities for revenue from one of the richest groups in Canada (property developers).
Savings = $0. Thats because housing prices aren't a function of cost, they're a function of what the market will bare. 1/2
Savings = $0. Thats because housing prices aren't a function of cost, they're a function of what the market will bare. 1/2
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🚨ATTENTION Tenants & tenant allies in Canada 🇨🇦
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Need a little hope?
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨ATTENTION Tenants & tenant allies in Canada 🇨🇦
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
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A struggle in one working-class district in Toronto has done more to illuminate the housing question in this city than all the recent punditry, spilled ink, and activist conferences on the topic combined
www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...
Thorncliffe rent strikers facing eviction protest Downsview lands developer
Dozens of Thorncliffe Park rent strikers are facing eviction over their failure to pay rent. They say they want their landlord to end its use of above guideline rent increases.
www.torontotoday.ca
April 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
A struggle in one working-class district in Toronto has done more to illuminate the housing question in this city than all the recent punditry, spilled ink, and activist conferences on the topic combined
www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...
www.torontotoday.ca/local/real-e...
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New Democrats will take on the corporations profiting off of the housing crisis in Canada.
✅ Ban corporations from buying existing affordable rental buildings
✅ Cut off handouts for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants
✅ Boost the Rental Protection Fund
✅ Ban corporations from buying existing affordable rental buildings
✅ Cut off handouts for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants
✅ Boost the Rental Protection Fund
March 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New Democrats will take on the corporations profiting off of the housing crisis in Canada.
✅ Ban corporations from buying existing affordable rental buildings
✅ Cut off handouts for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants
✅ Boost the Rental Protection Fund
✅ Ban corporations from buying existing affordable rental buildings
✅ Cut off handouts for big corporate landlords who gouge their tenants
✅ Boost the Rental Protection Fund
🚨ATTENTION Tenants & tenant allies in Canada 🇨🇦
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Need a little hope?
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
April 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
🚨ATTENTION Tenants & tenant allies in Canada 🇨🇦
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
Do you agree that rent is too damn high?
RSVP to this free virtual event to learn how we’re fighting to #StopTheLandlordCartel
👇👇👇👇👇
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Need a little hope?
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
March 18, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Need a little hope?
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
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Profit-driven real-estate giants *WON’T* solve our housing problems because…
they
👉CONTRIBUTE TO
and
👉PROFIT FROM
our housing problems
they
👉CONTRIBUTE TO
and
👉PROFIT FROM
our housing problems
Even if you believe that “the market” CAN solve our housing problems, I would argue that it WON’T.
youtu.be/VKhCPztmWqo
youtu.be/VKhCPztmWqo
Canadian landlords accused of rent rigging using AI software
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtu.be
March 10, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Profit-driven real-estate giants *WON’T* solve our housing problems because…
they
👉CONTRIBUTE TO
and
👉PROFIT FROM
our housing problems
they
👉CONTRIBUTE TO
and
👉PROFIT FROM
our housing problems
“With a federal election looming, we must ask: which political leaders are willing to take bold steps to secure affordable housing for Canadians and strengthen our economy for the future?”
@policyalternatives.ca
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@policyalternatives.ca
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Social housing can help Trump-proof Canadian’s well-being - CCPA
In the face of political and economic threats from the United States, most Canadians agree on two things: Canada’s sovereignty is non-negotiable, and Canada’s housing crisis will worsen with Trump’s t...
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March 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“With a federal election looming, we must ask: which political leaders are willing to take bold steps to secure affordable housing for Canadians and strengthen our economy for the future?”
@policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
@policyalternatives.ca
www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
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Are you a tenant in Canada 🇨🇦? You will NOT want to miss this!
Need a little hope?
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
Join us April 15th to learn how tenants have been working to #StopTheLandlordCartel
Register for this FREE virtual event:
tenantunion.ca/landlordcartel
March 18, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Are you a tenant in Canada 🇨🇦? You will NOT want to miss this!