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MUNICIPAL LEVEL

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Because cities issue building permits, they have a role to play in the creation of accessible housing.

** Accessible Housing Pledge for all Toronto Mayoral Candidates -- the mayoral byelection is June 26. **

Please ask candidates to sign this pledge: 

“I will make universal design mandatory in all new housing that the city creates through all City programs, or with any incentives, including tax dollars, land, agreements to defer fees or taxes, or other forms of incentive.  … I will be accountable for the outcomes resulting from Toronto’s efforts to make housing accessible through Universal design.”

Printable PDF with full wording of pledge

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Urge your municipal councillor to sign the Affordable (and Accessible) Housing Pledge: 

I pledge that, as a Member of my municipal Council, I will: 

1. Create housing that is affordable 

2. Preserve the affordable housing we already have 

3. Ensure housing is habitable 

4. Direct public investment to homes that are accessible to all 

5. Prevent homelessness 

6. Make the most of our public infrastructure 

7. Fulfill our municipality’s commitment to the right to housing 

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PDF of Affordable (and Accessible) Housing Pledge for Municipal Councillors

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PROVINCIAL LEVEL

We call on every provincial MPP to sign the Accessible Housing Pledge.

Please help by asking your own MPP to sign. 

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"I pledge that as a Member of the Provincial Parliament of Ontario, I will: 

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• Ensure that the Government of Ontario implements fully the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its associated Protocol; 

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• Actively work to change the Ontario Building Code (OBC) to require that 100% of units in every new multi-unit residential building be built according to universal design* principles (UD), so anyone of any age or ability can live there."

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MPPs' Pledge - Printable PDF

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     WHO HAS SIGNED THE PLEDGE?

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• MPP Mike Schreiner, Green Party Leader - Guelph 

• MPP Joel Harden, NDP - Ottawa Centre

• MPP Jill Andrew, NDP - Toronto St. Paul’s

• MPP Jessica Bell, NDP - University-Rosedale

• MPP Mary-Margaret McMahon, Liberal - Beaches-East York

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Find Your Provincial MPP

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FEDERAL LEVEL

Tell your MP in Ottawa that we need 

accessible housing now!

• ​Here is a draft letter to send to your MP

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Click here to sign our Change.org petition calling for accessible housing in Canada's national building code.

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Other ways to help end discrimination in housing:

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• The Accessible Housing Network is calling for the Ontario Human Rights Commission to undertake a systemic investigation of housing discrimination against people with disabilities. To initiate this investigation, we have been asked to bring a test case to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. Have you experienced discrimination in housing due to a disability? Please contact us to discuss how we can support each other to end discrimination.

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• The Canadian Federation of the Blind is collecting experiences of people with disabilities who believe they may have been discriminated against in seeking housing, particularly in renting a room. The information you provide in this form will be used to demonstrate, at the human rights tribunal, the impact of allowing such discrimination.

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