The first part of OVCO's TLAD (Tenant Leadership Against Displacement) project is officially live! Go to this link to find our 'Tenants' Needs Survey'. We want to hear from all tenants in the neighbourhood (Oakwood Vaughan and west Little Jamaica) - no matter what type of housing you are in! In addition, if you previously were a tenant in the area but you got displaced the survey is also for you!

If you aren't a local tenant please share widely with everyone you know who is/might be! This survey along with upcoming focus groups will provide the basis for growing tenant leadership and collective action in the neighbourhood.

Based on what we hear from the community, OVCO will be developing a course to train local tenants as Tenant Leaders next year (if funding is renewed). We will also be able to work with Oakwood Vaughan Tenant Union to provide a detailed idea of the resources needed in the community. So, please share widely!

Currently the survey is only available in English but we are working on translating it to common languages in the community. If you have any specific requests for language translations let us know at housing.ovco@gmail.com. In addition, if you want to hear more about our work and other affordable housing and tenant related updates email us and ask to be signed up for our Housing and Tenant mailing list!