As the problem of housing affordability continues to grow, community and advocacy groups continue to analyze the problem to come up with solutions.
On Oct 30th, ACORN, the grassroots social and economic justice organization with chapters across the country, delivered over 400 tenant testimonials to federal Liberal MPs including Waterloo’s Bardish Chagger, and Acorn’s National Housing Spokesperson Tanya Burkart.
CKMS News sat down with local housing advocates to talk about housing affordability in the Kitchener Waterloo Region. Featured in this program are Acer Bonaparte, the chair of the Waterloo Region chapter of ACORN; Mike Morrice, the Green Party MP for Kitchener Centre, who has been pressuring the government over the ongoing crisis in the affordability of housing in Canada since being elected in 2021; and Geordie Dent of The Federation of Metro Tenants’ Associations (FMTA), which advocates for better rights for tenants.
