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The government finally confirmed the changes we demanded for those struggling with housing and income. It has been a long and draining road but we actually reached our goal. Keep your eyes open to ensure they follow through on these promises.

November 16, 2019

Homeless and unfair low income for the disabled and elderly in our own country

Homeless and unfair low income for the disabled and elderly in our own country

🏆 Won — 133 supporters Verified

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Started by Marybeth Lemire & Chris Cook 7 years ago

Please sign this petition so we can make a difference in our communities.

We the people of Ontario & Canadain residence and tax payers who are your voter's would like to see change!

We have starting this petition to get you aware and involved to make changes in our government because we have had enough I was struggling on a daily basis. to make ends meet most of us are a paycheck away from being homeless and this is unacceptable.

We are no longer going to sit silently and let the government treat us like we are second-class citizens and that we don't matter. We are the ones who vote you into office and we want change now! We feel that we are being discriminated against and treated poorly by our cities and government officials when it comes to lack of housing and poor living conditions and outrageous inflation and the crime that comes with it. we feel that the landlords are taking advantage of us and you are allowing it to happen by raising the prices of Apartments by doing minor remodeling puts them past the 1.8% increase Allowed by the government we want that investigated into. We feel that there should be actions taken Now to get this under control before more people become homeless it is an epidemic and unless you are blind you are City officials and government officials let's see what's going on on and turning a blind eye. We also feel that are elderly and disabled needs are not being properly cared for they are living in poverty because there has not been any increase in living in their wages where inflation has gone up tremendously and they are having to go live with family members just to make ends meet in their golden years. This to us as Citizens that vote you into office is just unacceptable and downright Criminal. We demand to see changes in these area's immediately and we will be waiting to hear something back in the immediate future on these Dyer issues because if not we will be coming to Parliament and City Hall's all over Canada if we do not get some kind of gast action and not a Band-Aid we want real action in these matters!

So as citizens of Canada we are writing our names and you will hear back from us in the immediate future if things do not change for the people who put their trust in the government they vote in to office. Thank you for your time sincerely concerned citizens and taxpayers.

Updates

August 25, 2019

Seeing the momentum behind this has been heavy, but it shows how many of us are living in the same impossible cycle. People are finally looking, and though the road ahead is grueling, I am not stopping now.

Reached 100 supporters

August 25, 2019

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Carrie Durocher
7 years ago Featured

Everyone on ODSP is struggling to live, everyone making $14/hr is struggling. Families dont have time to raise their children now for having to have more than 2 incomes in the home, that's if yoou can even find a job. Its tough, and I am always fearful of a bad faith eviction.

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Billie-Jean Wilkins
7 years ago Featured

It is impossible for people to find affordable housing in windsor. Children are even being forced out of the city. Homelessness is making it unsafe for kids to play in their own neighborhoods. Something needs to be done now!

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Brandy Bird
7 years ago Featured

My family and I had to actually leave the city where my other half still works just to be able to find affordable housing as we were about to homeless!!! Now he commutes 2hrs everyday and next to never sees his children just to try and keep ends meeting.

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Lisa Perkins
7 years ago Featured

My sister recently had to move and her rent literally doubled! She pays 500.00 more a month to rent then i pay for my mortgage and taxes combined. Its ridiculous! Something needs to be done.

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Donna
7 years ago Featured

It is a sad state of affairs that is happening all over our province! Vets, homeless & seniors (are are most vunerable - in that order) Time to wake up Ontario!! No one should have to make choices just to have basic needs!

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Claudette Cowley
7 years ago Featured

There should be no homeless in this city or seniors having to choose between rent and food or needed drugs

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Theo Toney
7 years ago

Very important cause. We have so much and forget when we needed that caring hand

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Rose Bernauer
7 years ago

the landlord thing and rent hike is ridiculous people barely make rent let alone food shame on our government help your own first before trying to look like heroes to other countries be heroes to the people that created this country