Author: Elena Angulo
COVID 19 Tip Sheets for Housing and Social Assistance
Thank You to Scarborough Community Legal Services; Clinique juridique de Prescott et Russell; and the HIV & Aids Legal Clinic Ontario (HALCO) for providing 1 page Tip Sheets to help us navigate housing and social assistance
For Tenants:
Tenant-Tip-Sheet-COVID-19 –
Tenant Tip Sheet – French : Ce-que-les-locataires-doivent-savoir-COVID-19
For Social Assistance:
HALCO_ODSP-OW Emergency Benefit_11May2020 (1)
Free Online Webinars of Interest -housing, immigration, employment
Federation of Metro Tenants – Tenant School
Registration -Joeita@torontotenants.org
Free online workshops for tenants on their rights under the law. Workshops will be delivered over Zoom. Invitations will be sent out the night before. You do not have to attend all the workshops. Please email Joeita@torontotenants.org to sign up (clicking on Facebook won’t register you,
Toronto – Ontario Works – 3 Offices Open
Emergency Financial Assistance
Applications for Ontario Works financial assistance will continue online and through the City’s Application and Support Centre from Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. The Application and Support Centre will be accessible by phone only: 416-338-8888; 1-888-465-4478 (toll free)
Currently receiving Financial Assistance –
Video – Housing Protections during COVID-19
Thank you to West Scarborough Community Legal Services for providing their 12 minute video – Housing Protections during COVID-19
COVID-19: Housing Protection for Tenants – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tM6nZJc7DE
Thorncliffe and Flemingdon Park Response to COVID 19
DEAR COMMUNITY MEMBERS:
TNO and local health authorities are suggesting everyone in Thorncliffe and Flemingdon wear face coverings when they leave their home. So in addition to all standard measures of protecting yourself (washing hands, social distancing, cleaning commonly used surfaces in your home and building, etc.), we are encouraging all persons to wear a cloth mask or any other fabric to cover their mouth and nose (for example: scarves,
Paying Rent During COVID-19
Despite COVID-19, tenants are still contractually obligated to pay their rent, and landlords are still legally entitled to serve notices of termination on their tenants for non-payment of rent.
If you are losing income due to COVID-19 and are unable to pay all or some of your rent, speak to your landlord about entering into a payment plan,
Clinic Response to COVID 19
DON VALLEY COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES
RE: March 11, 2020: World Health Organization declares the Coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic
The novel-coronavirus, COVID 19, has been declared a global pandemic. The Health Agency of Canada, working closely with the Ontario Ministry of Health and Toronto Public Health, has provided public health measures (PHM) to minimize serious illness and overall deaths in Canada and to minimize societal disruption among Canadians.