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Join Toronto Tenants Unite! Message Board: Have your voice heard and see what other tenants are saying!	TENANTand HOUSING ISSUES Apartment Standards and Maintenance Information on Municipal Licensing and Standards by-laws, orders to comply, inspections and order status for apartment buildings in the City of Toronto Roommates A web tool that will help you figure out what your rights and responsibilities are and which laws apply to your situation as a roommate (produced by Community Legal Education Ontario) Settlement.org Information on several topics, from tenant rights to health and employment, that newcomers to Ontario can trust St. Stephen’s Community House Conflict Resolution Service Community Mediation is an alternative way of solving disputes between landlords & tenants and tenants & tenants in all kinds of housing situations. It is voluntary, free, and confidential Slums Unlimited The official Toronto Slum Tourism Site Golden Cockroach Parkdale Tenants' Association website No Fixed Address The state of Public Housing in Toronto Tenant Forum Notes and information from the Tenant Forum held by the City of Toronto, March 9, 2006. Ontario Coalition Against Poverty Direct-action anti-poverty organization based in Toronto that provides direct-action advocacy for individuals against eviction, termination of welfare benefits, and deportation Kingston Association for Tenants Kingston, Ontario tenant advocacy website International Union of Tenants Promoting affordable housing, secure tenure and tenants' rights through learning and supporting one another! Kipps Lane Tenants Association London, Ontario tenant association Toronto Disaster Relief Committee Housing and homelessness issues LIEN The website for the Low-Income Energy Network (LIEN) Housing Ontario Means Everyone Toronto-based coalition of community groups, tenants organizations and organizations working with homeless people and people with housing problems Ontario Municipal Affairs and Housing Information about the provincial Government's Rent Reform plans University of Toronto Student Housing The student housing website offers the most complete resource for finding housing in Toronto FRAPRU Le FRAPRU est un regroupement national de lutte pour le droit au logement LEGAL ACTO Advocacy Centre for Tenants Ontario Residential Tenancies Act Full text of the Residential Tenancies Act Municipal Code City of Toronto bylaws Landlord and Tenant Board Board rules and Guidelines including information about your file and application forms Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) General legal informational publications without legalese or jargon CLEONet Online community legal resources and tools Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation (CERA) Information and advocacy on issues of human rights and housing Legal Aid Ontario / Aide Juridique Ontario Information on whether you qualify for Legal Aid assistance, and how to apply, finding your local legal clinic Lawyer Referral Service Referral service for legal counsel if you aren't sure what kind of lawyer you need U.S. TENANT WEBSITES Occasionally we get calls from tenants in the U.S. Here are some useful link for our neighbours to the south. TenantNet New York City tenants' resource Austin Tenants' Council Information about tenants' rights in Texas Tenants' Union of Washington State Through organizing, action and empowerment-based education the Tenants Union of Washington has built years of victories for tenants' rights and housing justice Arizona Tenants' Advocates Education, guidance and aggressive advocacy for residential tenants of Arizona San Francisco Tenants Union Fighting for tenant rights since 1970 Join Toronto Tenants Unite! Message Board If there are any links you would like to see added to this page, or if you find any broken links, please email us!