December 6, 2011
Your Legal Rights is a website of legal information for people in Ontario. This site has free, practical, and easy-to-find legal information produced by hundreds of organizations across Ontario and...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Health, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal information, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, Gateways, Ontario
June 1, 2011
City Life/Vida Urbana is a community organization in Boston that has organized against evictions and for community controlled housing. They have long struggled for community control of local...
Keywords: Children and Youth, Ethnicity and Race, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Welfare, Women, Organizations, United States
May 30, 2011
Canadian Housing Equality Resources is a national website developed by the Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) to provide community advocates with tools to help them effectively...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
(TRAC) is a Vancouver-based non-profit organization working on behalf of B.C.'s one million tenants. They came together in 1983 to protest a government plan to eliminate rent control and abolish the...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia, Organizations
May 29, 2011
The Dalhousie Legal Aid Service in Halifax, Nova Scotia has created a Tenants' Rights Website. There is a Tenant Rights Guide to help tenants understand their legal rights on this site. There are...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, Nova Scotia, Manuals and guides
May 29, 2011
A project of the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta, Laws for Landlords and Tenants in Alberta contains useful information about laws that apply to rental housing in Alberta.
Keywords: Alberta, Tenants' Rights, General resources
May 29, 2011
Aboriginal Housing Association (NAHA) website offers resources related to Aboriginal/FirstNations houing/homelessness issues. Mission: "To build safe and healthy Aboriginal communities by supporting...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Housing, Tenants' Rights, Organizations, All of Canada
May 29, 2011
About 40 housing and homelessness advocates from across Ontario created the Housing and Homelessness Network in Ontario (HHNO) after two days of meetings at the University of Toronto in February....
Keywords: Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 29, 2011
BC 211 is British Columbia's directory of community, social and government services. Available online or by dialling 211, where staff are available 24/7 to assist those looking for services.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Government Policy, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
May 27, 2011
The Common Front for Social Justice is fighting to build a more human society based on the respect and dignity of all.
Keywords: Human Rights, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, New Brunswick, Organizations
May 25, 2011
The Federation of Metro Tenants' Associations (FMTA) is a non-profit Organization which advocates for better rights for Tenants. Founded in 1974, it is the oldest and largest Tenant Federation in...
Keywords: Tenants' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 25, 2011
OCAP is a direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They oppose government policy which targets poor and working people.
Keywords: Homelessness, Organizing, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
May 18, 2011
Residential Tenancy Office is the BC Government's site which administers the Residential Tenancy Act (Act) throughout the province. The Act regulates the relationship between landlords and tenants...
Keywords: Government Policy, Housing, housing, housing, tenants rights, tenants rights, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia, Government information
April 11, 2011
The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre is a non-profit society that advances the interests of groups that are generally unrepresented or underrepresented in issues of major public...
Keywords: consumer advocacy, consumer law, consumer rights, credit, debit, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, disability rights, factsheets, farmworkers rights, Homelessness, Human Rights, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), Legal Research, PLEI, Tenants' Rights, Utilities, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Factsheets and FAQs, Organizations, Research and education, Services
March 8, 2011
The Yukon Anti-Poverty Coalition facilitates the elimination of poverty in the Yukon through awareness, advocacy and action. Our members are an action-based team who partner with other community...
Keywords: anti-poverty, Disability, food bank, Foodbanks and Food, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Organizing, Poverty Research, services, shelters, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, Organizations, Yukon
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Canada is a portal or collection of links to law-related information and educational resources on justice and legal issues of interest to Canadians. Our purpose is to create an educated...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, charter rights, civil law, criminal law, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, family law, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), Prisoners' Rights, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Workers' Rights, Directories, All of Canada
January 12, 2011
LawCentral Français est un portail ou une collection de liens vers des renseignements en matière juridique ainsi que des ressources éducatives concernant la justice et les enjeux juridiques d’intérêt...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Debt and Consumer Law, Family, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, legal help, Legal Info (PLEI), PLEI, portal, public legal education and information, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Directories, Gateways, All of Canada
January 11, 2011
A site created by the Government of Ontario provides information and tools to help prevent, identify and act to control bed bug infestations. There is information for tenants, landlords, social...
Keywords: bedbugs, Health, Housing, Tenants' Rights, Factsheets and FAQs, Ontario, All of Canada
November 25, 2010
Residential Tenancy Law in British Columbia: Everything you need to know to prevent a disaster lays out, in 37 chapters, the common law, the legislation and the Rules of Procedure which landlords and...
Keywords: Blogs, Housing, Legal Info (PLEI), residential tenancy law, Tenants' Rights, Books, British Columbia
November 23, 2010
In British Columbia, landlords and property managers acting on their behalf must adhere to the privacy rules contained in the BC Personal Information Protection Act ("PIPA").
These guidelines are...
Keywords: Housing, landlords, privacy, tenants, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia, Manuals and guides
April 20, 2010
This site provides practical information on tenants' rights and rental housing issues.
Keywords: Housing, renters rights, residential tenancy act, Tenants' Rights, Ontario, Organizations
March 29, 2010
The City of Prince George's directory of advocacy services.
Keywords: advocacy directory, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Homelessness, Housing, Legal Aid, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, British Columbia, Directories
February 25, 2010
CASSA is a social justice umbrella organization working with Ontario’s diverse South Asian communities. They have an extensive service directory with listings of organizations from across Ontario.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, African, childcare, Children and Youth, children's aid, clinics, community centres, credit counselling, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, employment services, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Immigrants and Refugees, intercultural, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, multicultural, neighbourhood house, Organizing, Poverty Research, Seniors and Elders, south asian, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Utilities, Violence, Welfare, Women, women's centre, women's shelter, Workers' Rights, Directories, Ontario
February 24, 2010
CLEO now has text and audio materials on eight high-need legal topics available in Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), Somali, Spanish, Tamil and Urdu. Topics include sponsorship,...
Keywords: Arabic, Children and Youth, children's aid, Chinese (Mandarin and Simplified Chinese), criminal convictions, Family, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, legal education, Legal Research, Somali, Spanish, sponsorship, Tamil, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Urdu, Violence, Workers' Rights, Factsheets and FAQs, Manuals and guides, Ontario
July 4, 2009
This resource guide put out by TRAC is useful for tenants who are renting condos. It lays out the roles and responsibilities of tenants and landlords in strata properties.
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
April 21, 2009
Clicklaw is a website aimed at enhancing access to justice in British Columbia. It features legal information and education, but it is not a site of laws. Instead, Clicklaw features legal information...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, abuse, Children and Youth, court, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Family, family law, family violence, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, Legal Assistance, Legal Info (PLEI), legal problems, Legal Research, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Welfare, wills, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, Gateways
April 17, 2009
The 2011 Welcome Home guide (PDF 4 MB) provides a brief overview of the services and supports available in the community that may make the transition to a new home a little easier including how to...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Art and Culture, Children and Youth, Debt and Consumer Law, Disability, Education, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, General resources, Ontario
March 25, 2009
Practical tools, resources and information sharing for frontline staff, managers and volunteers working to address the problem of homelessness in their communities. Use this site to find out about...
Keywords: advocacy, agencies, campaigns, frontline workers, Homelessness, Housing, initiatives, resources, service providers, Tenants' Rights, Directories, Gateways, All of Canada, Services
March 25, 2009
TRAC Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre is an educational charity that provides information about residential tenancy law in BC. They deliver this information through their website, multilingual...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
June 9, 2008
Kelowna Community Resources is a searchable online database of community resources from across the central Okanagan.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, Children and Youth, Disability, Education, Ethnicity and Race, Family, Foodbanks and Food, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Immigrants and Refugees, Legal Aid, LGBTQ, Mental Health, Seniors and Elders, Tenants' Rights, Unemployment, Violence, Welfare, Women, Workers' Rights, British Columbia, General resources
June 30, 2006
CMHC - the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation has a compilation of data from all provinces and territories as a part of their website on information for renters. They have a page for each...
Keywords: Housing, Tenants' Rights, Government information, All of Canada
