Social Workers Against Gentrification

Students promoting affordable housing and equitable community development. Aiming to engage in action and dialogue with neighbourhoods resisting gentrification

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Community services are not immune from eviction. Great to see the community rally behind @ParkdaleOrg -- now keep that momentum going! #Parkdale

[Parkdale Organize @ParkdaleOrg]

On Monday we will strike an independent committee for the defense of the Parkdale Legal Clinic. Join us!

Monday, December 10, 2018 at 6:30pm
Bonar-Parkdale Church, (250 Dunn Ave.)
Hosted by the Parkdale Legal Clinic workers’ union, OPSEU 5118
Tibetan Interpretation provided

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Overdose Prevention Sites save lives. If you haven't had the chance already, take this opportunity to learn more about #harmreduction and this important community service.

[Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre @PQWCHC]

Please join us on Tuesday, December 11 from 6 - 8:00pm to celebrate the opening of the Parkdale Overdose Prevention Site. This is our thank you to the community that has supported our efforts to open this life-saving service in Parkdale. #HarmReduction #Parkdale #Community

[Parkdale People's Economy @ParkdalePPE]

Parkdale People's Economy: December Updates - https://t.co/5PIB96qqFw

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Show up to defend this important community resource. #DefendPCLS #Parkdale

[Parkdale Community Legal Services @ParkdaleLegal]

An important message for our community and our allies. #DefendPCLS

[PNLT @parkdaleland]

Support Our Preserve & Protect Fund for Affordable Housing in Parkdale #crowdfunding @fundrazr Support and Retweet https://t.co/YG5aXoRqNl

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

A good opportunity/excuse to support local community-based literacy.

[Another Story Bookshop @AnotherStoryTO]

Hey! It’s #GivingTuesday2018 and we’re collecting donations for Parkdale Project Read, a great local organization that helps the 40% of Canadians that struggle with literacy! #give #read

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

@parkdaleland The allies tickets were sold out. Is there still space to drop in?

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

#AffordableHousing is now literally a lottery. Support @parkdaleland for an alternative vision. https://t.co/4loSdbVQj7?

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

More resistance to displacement and inequitable community development in #Parkdale. #affordablehousing #fighteviction

[Parkdale Organize @ParkdaleOrg]

Another Saturday, another building getting organized in Parkdale.

This morning a member of our organization made an intervention at his neighbours' lobby meeting which is worth quoting:

"Remember, we do everything as a collective. In this building, you are your own boss now."

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Good to see engaged leadership for #650parliament tenants and @stjamestownfire. Hopefully we see next steps and longer-term planning soon.

[Kristyn Wong-Tam 🇨🇦 @kristynwongtam]

Given the massive upheaval these displaced tenants have experienced they are remarkably calm. Their lives have been turned upside down by no fault of their own. I'm in awe of their resiliency. More needs to be done to support them, as they've already endured too much.

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

"[R]ent control protects the rights that everyone ought to have. And even if the removal of these protections was crucial to increased supply... is removing a tenant because of their inability to pay the market's highest rent an acceptable outcome for our society to condone?"

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

We're revisiting this story, discussing the clear value in turning a mansion into transitional housing--but also the unfortunate need to rely on philanthropy rather than public policy and investment. We need YIMBYism for supportive and #affordablehousing! https://t.co/vRIonm9hdB

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Left to the market, home ownership is treated as a personal investment, a means for wealth creation and growth. We need to flip the script. We need public policy that sees people and communities as investments. #AffordableHousing means #StrongCommunities.

[David Hulchanski @Hulchanski]

The pillars of US & Canada housing policy,
homeownership as wealth-building & housing affordability,
are fundamentally at odds.

Policy resolves this contradiction by quietly deciding that it really doesn’t care that much about affordability after all.
https://t.co/2P83MlchJQ

[PNLT @parkdaleland]

On National Housing Day Parkdale residents and allies temporarily occupied 11 Brock, a provincially owned vacant property, demanding that the Province cede the property to the City or a local non-profit to build affordable housing! #affordableparkdale #affordablehousing #parkdale

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Demand permanently affordable housing now. Demand just and equitable communities. #NationalHousingDay

[Parkdale People's Economy @ParkdalePPE]

Today Parkdale residents took over 11 Brock Ave, a provincially-owned vacant property, to demand 100% social housing. #NationalHousingDay

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

@stjamestownfire @kristynwongtam Best of luck! Keep us updated!

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

A stark reminder of the need to legally recognize the right to housing and to provide emergency support for those in need. Sign petitions to @legislateR2H and to house @stjamestownfire residents. https://t.co/pU2wpUvh9q https://t.co/S0Odp8NB48 #NationalHousingDay

[TAEHomelessness @TAEHomelessness]

The coldest day recorded in Toronto for November 22 ever.

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Great to see @BhutilaKarpoche out with the community--and to see a good turnout for the #Parkdale #NationalHousingDay rally.

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Great article. Gentrification discourse at one point focused more on social hardships-from rising housing costs to disintegrating social networks-but has shifted to ideas around 'regeneration,' effectively erasing community voice. #LetsTalkHousing #LetsListen #NationalHousingDay

[Housing Is A Human Right™ @HousingHumanRt]

Excellent article on the ethics of gentrification by Professor @AlexandraStaub. A must read for activists, the public, & policy makers (i.e. Scott Wiener). The plight of vulnerable residents must be addressed when making decisions about housing policies. https://t.co/2Tt0Hlcovj

[Social Workers Against Gentrification @SWAG_uoft]

Displacement comes in many forms and threatens tenants & communities in both the short- and long-term. For @stjamestownfire, support is ending and will leave victims homeless in the middle of winter. Join us in signing their petition for emergency housing. https://t.co/pU2wpUvh9q