US EditionTenant group pushes for climate protections in report highlighting extreme heat risks
- On May 28, 2025, ACORN Canada published a report calling for the creation of a nationwide initiative to assist low-income renters with energy expenses.
- The call follows findings that tenants mostly live in older, energy-inefficient buildings and efforts to decarbonize homes have often overlooked their needs.
- The report highlights that 44 percent of surveyed tenants lack air conditioning mainly due to affordability, and about a third faced rent increases after landlords’ energy upgrades.
- The report states the energy poverty program should model Ontario's support program and may include summer top-ups to cover air conditioning costs, while retrofit incentives require anti-eviction agreements.
- The report suggests pairing maximum temperature bylaws with government supports to protect tenants from added costs amid climate-driven heat waves and rising temperatures in cities like Toronto.
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Tenant group pushes for climate protections in report highlighting extreme heat risks – 105.9 The Region
A Canadian tenant advocacy group says nearly half the renters they surveyed don’t have air conditioning, as they press for protections from climate-fuelled extreme heat. A report released by ACORN Canada says affordability was cited as the main barrier to access among the 44 per cent of surveyed tenants who don’t have air conditioning. The group says it collected more than 700 responses to the online survey, which was sent to its database of mem…
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