Blog: Where you live should not harm your health

Blog post by Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher and Paralegal on November 2, 2017 RentSafe outreach resources and baseline research reports in production For people of comfortable means, home typically means well-being and security. Statistics confirm that wealthier people are healthier with lower…

Including Healthy Housing within the National Housing Strategy

Title: Including Healthy Housing within the National Housing Strategy Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: CPCHE-re-National-Housing-Strategy # of Pages: 6 Date authored: October 21, 2016 Author/s: Erica Phipps Author Organization: on behalf of the Canadian Partnership for Children's Health…

Blog: Destabilizing Tenancy Rights Is Not the Solution to Ontario’s Housing Shortage

Blog post by Jonathan Robinson, JD Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School on September 14, 2016 This article was first published on Huffington Post and has been reposted with the author’s permission. For more information on CELA's involvement in this issue, please visit our RentSafepage. The…

RentSafe Legal Aid Clinic Survey Summary Report

Report (50 pp.) summarizing survey of Ontario legal aid clinics for RentSafe baseline research. Authors: Lindsay MacDermid, Kathleen Cooper, Erica Phipps February, 2016. Download: RentsafeLegalAidClinicSurvey Note that the RentSafe project included several more sectoral surveys. They are available at rentsafe.ca…

Media Release: Radon in Homes, Schools, and Workplaces: CELA Finds Legal Protections Lacking

Media Release Joint release from CELA, CAREX Canada, and CARST Toronto – In a report released today and in time for Radon Action Month, the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) concludes that Canadians need better legal protection from radon gas, a known carcinogen. “We…