Hamilton Tenants Solidarity Network

"Tenants first and foremost need to organize among themselves. It starts with door knocking and introductions; then maintenance request drives, demonstrations at landlord’s head offices, and media campaigns aimed at shedding light on the real cost of AGI’s the displacement of working class people from their homes and neighborhoods."

HCLC is collecting testimonials from people who have used the legal clinic system in the past, and who will be affected by the coming cuts.

Solidarity with all those who are being criminalized for defending this year's Pride celebrations from far-right attacks. At every turn, the actions taken by Hamilton Police Service over the past week have escalated this situation from bad to worse. They have aggravated existing divisions with the city's LGBTQ community, and made clear what many working-class people in this city already know all too well: police primarily exist to 'serve and protect' their own interests, and the interests of those in power - be they landlords, bosses, or all those who benefit from entrenched systems of racism, sexism and anti-queer bigotry.

A look behind the curtain of the recent cuts to Legal Aid Ontario and the province's legal clinic system, coordinated by Ford appointee and professional landlord shill, Charles Harnick.

Another brutal loss announced today. The Wesley Day Center, in addition to its other programming, is an important hub for sustaining the residency of people living in social housing. Its closure will lead to a spike in homelessness in the city.