News & Events
Welcome to our News & Events page. Don Valley Community Legal Services actively participates in a variety of community activities, public legal education workshops, and community networking tables. One key component that allows members to be self-empowered is knowledge of what is happening around them. This page will allow us to share what is happening in the communities we serve.
Here we will share legal information articles, local law reform campaigns, news stories, community events and details for our Annual General Meeting.
For community events, workshops, public legal education (PLE) information or membership, please contact our Community Development Worker at 416-441-1764 ext. 22.
Legal Info Articles & News
Virtual Workshop – Bill 184 and Tenant Rights
Please Register – Or Call -416-392-4060 to register by telephone
Read moreRent Arrears: Navigating When You Cannot Pay Rent
Rent Arrears Join us Wednesday August 5, 2020 from 2 to 3 pm for a Webinar Presentation given by Stewart Cruikshank, Executive Director of Don Valley Community Legal Services. Topics include – Unpaid rent, what happens if you do not pay your rent, and resources to navigate this situation.
Read moreBill 184 and RenovictionsTO
Provincial Bill 184: Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020 Bill 184 was introduced in the Provincial Legislature on March 12, 2020. With very little notice or debate, it passed and received Royal Assent on July 21, 2020. Bill 184 makes sweeping changes to the Residential Tenancy Act,
Read moreCity of Toronto 211
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Do you need information about financial assistance, mental health support, employment support, childcare, housing, food, clothing and shelter?
Find help at 211central.ca or call/chat/text/email 2-1-1.
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)
Read moreFree 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,
Read moreToronto – 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 –
Read moreVideo – 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
Read moreThorncliffe 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,
Read morePaying 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,
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