Inspire Clean is a Certified Living Wage Employer
July 15, 2020 Inspire Clean is a Certified Living Wage Employer The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network is pleased to announce that Inspire Clean has become a certified living wage employer at the Champion level. Thorold-based Inspire Clean provides a variety of house cleaning services that are available throughout Niagara region. They currently employ one full time staff and six part time...Read More
Niagara Community Legal Clinic is Niagara’s Latest Certified Living Wage Employer
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network is pleased to announce that Niagara Community Legal Clinic has become a certified living wage employer at the Champion level. Niagara Community Legal Clinic is a not-for-profit agency funded by Legal Aid Ontario, with a mission of providing access to the justice system for low-income people in Niagara. The agency is a merger of Justice Niagara (the...Read More
NPRN Statement on Bill 184, Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020
NPRN Statement on Bill 184, Protecting Tenants and Strengthening Community Housing Act, 2020 The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network has concerns regarding several sections of a new bill proposing changes to the Residential Tenancies Act, Housing Services Act, and to the processes of the Landlord and Tenant Board (LTB). Bill 184 proposes to change the way tenants are able to access and...Read More
NPRN Calls for Government-Ordered Moratorium on Rent for Third Consecutive Month
For the third month in a row, the Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) is calling for a government-ordered moratorium on the rent obligations of low-income tenants who cannot afford to pay rent for the coming month. June 1 is “rent-day” for most tenants, and thus a day of particular stress for the majority of those in lower income brackets who rent: The budgets of most of these...Read More
NPRN Releases Renewed Call for a Moratorium on Rent
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) is renewing its call for action in particular anticipation of May 1, 2020 – “rent day”. The Superior Court of Justice has ordered a moratorium on evictions, until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. This order is essential, but is not enough for tenants who are living on a low income and not able to pay rent due to the circumstances tied to the...Read More
NPRN Calls for a Moratorium on Rent Obligations
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network (NPRN) calls on the Province of Ontario to legislate a moratorium on (i.e. a postponement of) the rent obligations of tenants who cannot afford to pay rent on April 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 crisis. The moratorium should endure until emergency funds, which include rent subsidies for eligible tenants, are in place from both the federal and provincial...Read More
Bethany Community Church: Certified Living Wage Employer
The Niagara Poverty Reduction Network is pleased to announce that Bethany Community Church has become a certified living wage employer at the Champion level. Bethany Community Church is a local church that has been around since 1899. As a church in the Niagara Region, they see themselves as part of the Region’s strategic plan for creating healthy and vibrant communities. They are 100% about...Read More
